Edmund Burke and the Art of Rhetoric

"Edmund Burke ranks among the most accomplished orators ever to debate in the British Parliament. But often his eloquence has been seen to compromise his achievements as a political thinker. In the first full-length account of Burke's rhetoric, Bullard argues that Burke's ideas about...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bullard, Paddy, 1973- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press 2011.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38421550*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Burke, rhetoric and ethics
  • 1. The ethical turn in early modern rhetoric, 1600-1760
  • 2. Rhetoric in Ireland, 1693-1765
  • 3. The Epicurean aesthetics of Burke's Philosophical Enquiry
  • 4. Episodes in the evolution of Burke's eloquence
  • 5. Reflections on the Revolution in France and the rhetoric of character
  • 6. Burke, Rousseau and the purchase of eloquence
  • Conclusion.