Author:
Stark, Ryan J.
Imprint:Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, c2009.
Descriptionvii, 234 p. ; 23 cm.
Note: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.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-225) and index.