UID:
almafu_9959051634402883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9780231899680
Series Statement:
Columbia University Studies in English and Comparative Literature ; 129
Content:
Defines the term wit as it was used with reference to literary skill in the age of Elizabeth. The study revolves around the close association, during the latter half of the 16th century, between wit and rhetoric.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
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I. INTRODUCTION --
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II. A GENERAL EXAMINATION OF WIT IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES --
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III. THE ENGLISH COMMONPLACE BOOKS --
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IV. LOGIC --
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V. RHETORIC IN THE SCHOOLS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY --
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VI. THE THEORY OF IMITATION AND ITS RELATION TO AMPLIFICATION AND WIT --
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VII. ENGLISH RHETORICS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY --
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VIII. THE MORAL DISCOURSE --
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IX. BOOKS OF INSTRUCTION FOR THE COURTIER --
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X. THE ESSAY AND THE CHARACTER --
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XI THE SENTIMENTAL NOVEL AND THE ROMANCE --
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XII. THE NARRATIVE DISCOURSE --
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XIII. EPILOGUE --
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APPENDICES --
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BIBLIOGRAPHY --
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INDEX
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231946407
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7312/cran94640
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7312/cran94640
