| Lectures On Rhetoric And Belles Letters Contributor(s): Blair, Hugh (Author), Mills, Abraham (Other) |
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ISBN: 0548133158 ISBN-13: 9780548133156 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $57.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2007 Annotation: This new edition of Hugh Blair's "Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, edited by Linda Ferreira-Buckley and S. Michael Halloran, answers the need for a complete, reliable text. Although the extent of its influence cannot be measured fully, Blair's "Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres was undoubtedly a primary vehicle for introducing many eighteenth- and nineteenth-century scholars to classical rhetoric and French belletristic rhetoric--its success due in part to the ease with which the lectures combine neoclassical and Enlightenment thought, accommodating emerging social concerns. Ferreira-Buckley and Halloran's extensive treatment revives the tradition of belletristic rhetoric, improving the understanding of Blair's place in the study of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century discourse, while finding him relevant in the twenty-first century. This edition contains forty-seven lectures and remains faithful to the text of the 1785 London edition. The editors contextualize Hugh Blair's motivations and thinking by providing in their introduction an extended account of Blair's life and era. The bibliography of works by and about Blair is an invaluable aid, surpassing previous research on Blair. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism - Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric - Literary Collections | Letters |
| Dewey: 808.042 |
| Physical Information: 1.56" H x 6" W x 9" (2.43 lbs) 640 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. |