John Donne and the Rhetorics of Renaissance Discourse

By James S. Baumlin

Examining Donne's poetry and his increasingly sophisticated use of rhetoric, Baumlin argues that there are four distinct theories of historical rhetoric - the incarnational, the transcendental, the sceptical and the sophistic - which foster four distinct theories of reading.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826207685
• ISBN13: 9780826207685
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Univ of Missouri Pr
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"