John Donne and the Rhetorics of Renaissance DiscourseExamining 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. |
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... words but thine " ) : all celebrate God's eloquence by attempting to match it — indeed , the flying dove gives a literal and peculiarly Christian reference to an otherwise metaphoric concept , the soaringly high style . And Donne's own ...
... words but thine " ) : all celebrate God's eloquence by attempting to match it — indeed , the flying dove gives a literal and peculiarly Christian reference to an otherwise metaphoric concept , the soaringly high style . And Donne's own ...
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... words - or , as it is usually put , mean what we say . We can stand behind our words because our presence overflows them and is more than they can contain , but we choose to stand behind them with our infinite pres- ence because we are ...
... words - or , as it is usually put , mean what we say . We can stand behind our words because our presence overflows them and is more than they can contain , but we choose to stand behind them with our infinite pres- ence because we are ...
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... words , and deeds agreeable to thee " ( Essays in Divinity , p . 37 ) . The speaker's own " Creatures , " therefore , his living creations , are " thoughts , words , and deeds , " born in response to God's " visitation , " His ...
... words , and deeds agreeable to thee " ( Essays in Divinity , p . 37 ) . The speaker's own " Creatures , " therefore , his living creations , are " thoughts , words , and deeds , " born in response to God's " visitation , " His ...
Contents
Rhetoric and Form in Donnes Poetry | 1 |
Reading the Theologies of Language | 39 |
Satire and SelfGuiltinesse | 67 |
Copyright | |
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Literature and Sacrament: The Sacred and the Secular in John Donne Theresa M. DiPasquale No preview available - 2001 |
The Poetics of Transubstantiation: From Theology to Metaphor Douglas Burnham,Enrico Giaccherini No preview available - 2005 |