Stark, Ryan J.. Rhetoric, science, & magic in seventeenth-century England

Folger bibliographic ID: 224220
Folger call number: PE1083 .S73 2009
Folger holdings ID: 254926

General notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-225) and index

Contents

Introduction: the new plainness -- Charmed and plain tropes -- Language reform in the late seventeenth century -- Natural magic -- Demonic eloquence -- Meric Casaubon on rhetorical enthusiasm -- John Dryden, new philosophy, and rhetoric -- Conclusion: the importance of philosophy of rhetoric

Extended title: Rhetoric, science, & magic in seventeenth-century England / Ryan J. Stark
Alternate titles: Rhetoric, science, and magic in seventeenth-century England

English language Rhetoric Occultism Literature and science English literature

author: Stark, Ryan J.