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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453789303321

Autore

Keefe Rosaleen

Titolo

Scottish philosophy of rhetoric / / Rosaleen Keefe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Exeter, England : , : Imprint Academic, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-84540-753-9

1-84540-754-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Collana

Library of Scottish Philosophy

Disciplina

401

Soggetti

Language and languages - Philosophy - History - 18th century

Philosophy - Scotland - History - 18th century

English language - Rhetoric - History - 18th century

English language - Style - History - 18th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Publisher information; Series Editor's Note; Body matter; Introduction, Rosaleen Keefe; 1. Francis Hutcheson (1694-1746); Reading I; Reading II; 2. Henry Homes, Lord Kames (1696-1782); Reading III; 3. Adam Smith (1723-1790); Reading IV; Reading V; Reading VI; Reading VII; 4. Alexander Gerard (1728-1795); Reading VIII; Reading IX; 5. Thomas Reid (1710-1796); Reading X; Reading XI; Reading XII; 6. George Campbell (1719-1796); Reading XIII; Reading XIV; Reading XV; 7. Hugh Blair (1718-1800); Reading XVI; Reading XVII; Reading XVIII

8. Alexander Bain (1818-1903)Reading XIX; Back matter; Also available

Sommario/riassunto

The popular and successful rhetorical textbooks produced by the 18th century Scottish philosophical tradition, such as George Campbell's The Philosophy of Rhetoric (1776), Hugh Blair's Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres (1783), and Alexander Bain's English Composition and Rhetoric (1877) have been widely accorded a role in the trajectories of 19th and 20th century literary theory. Scholars have generally overlooked them, however, as philosophical works. The selected



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