Isbn: 9780801428715 - the performance of conviction: plainness and rhetoric in the early english renaissance (rhetoric & society series) (7 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical Description: xiv, 232 pages ; 24 cm. Subjects: English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism; Literature and society England History 16th century; Rhetoric Social aspects England History; Renaissance England; Rhetoric, Renaissance; Rhetoric 1500-1800; Rhetoric History 16th century. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Former library copy but, as such, in good condition. Has usual stamps/labels etc., some light general reading/shelfwear, and a little marking to edge of first few pages - otherwise, this is a clean, tight copy. Dispatch within 24hrs from the UK. Book.

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:9780801428715.…

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. Near mint copy.

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Zustand: very good. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1994. Orig. cloth binding. Dustjacket. xiv, 232 p. ; 24 cm. Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California at Berkeley./ Includes bibliographical references and index. Rhetoric & society; Condition : very good copy. ISBN 9780801428715. Keywords : , English literature.…

hardcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. 232 Seiten Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). Very good, clean copy. Belief or skepticism, obedience or resistance to authority, theatricality or stoic self-possession - Kenneth J. E. Graham explores these alternatives in the culture of early modern England. Focusing on plainness - a stylistic feature of much Renaissance writing - he surveys texts including Wyatt's anti-courtly verse, the Puritan Admonition to Parliament, Ascham's Scholemaster, Greville's non-dramatic writings, and works of Shakespearean tragedy, revenge tragedy, and verse satire. Graham shows how plainness functions not only as a literary style, but also as a mode of political and religious rhetoric that reflects powerful historical currents. Plainness is a result of the claim to possess the plain truth - a self-evident, absolute truth. In the absence of rhetorical criteria for truth, however, plainness registers a conviction that is plain to those who share it but opaque to those who don't. The plain truth can denote either the truth proclaimed and enforced by a public authority, whether liberal or conservative, or the truth of private conviction, which may oppose public authority. According to Graham, the pervasiveness of plainness in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries is evidence of a failure of consensus, as authorities made conflicting, irresolvable claims to certainty. The rhetoric of plainness, he asserts, reveals a profound opposition between the attitude of persuasion, a moderately skeptical, pragmatic, and inclusive outlook characteristic of Erasmian humanism, and a stance of conviction, an absolutist, essentialist, and exclusive attitude more typical of Neostoicism and political and moral conservatism. ISBN 9780801428715 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 510.…