Scottish philosophy of rhetoric / / Rosaleen Keefe

• Autore: Keefe Rosaleen
• Pubblicazione: Exeter, England : , : Imprint Academic, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (210 p.)
• Disciplina: 401
• Soggetto topico: Language and languages - Philosophy - History - 18th century; Philosophy - Scotland - History - 18th century; English language - Rhetoric - History - 18th century; English language - Style - History - 18th century
• 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 writings chosen for ...
• Titolo autorizzato: Scottish philosophy of rhetoric
• ISBN: 1-84540-753-9; 1-84540-754-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790960503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Library of Scottish philosophy.