Edmund Burke and the Art of Rhetoric
Author:   Paddy Bullard (University of Kent, Canterbury)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781107449107


Pages:   286
Publication Date:   26 June 2014
Format:   Paperback
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Edmund Burke and the Art of Rhetoric


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Author:   Paddy Bullard (University of Kent, Canterbury)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9781107449107


ISBN 10:   1107449103
Pages:   286
Publication Date:   26 June 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Burke, rhetoric and ethics; 1. The ethical turn in early modern rhetoric, 1600–1760; 2. Rhetoric in Ireland, 1693–1765; 3. The Epicurean aesthetics of Burke's Philosophical Enquiry; 4. Episodes in the evolution of Burke's eloquence; 5. Reflections on the Revolution in France and the rhetoric of character; 6. Burke, Rousseau and the purchase of eloquence; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Reviews

'Complementing the large amount of scholarship on the structure and content of Burke's political thought, Bullard's book teaches us much about the complex history and reasoning behind Burke's ethical approach to political oratory.' Irish Studies Review 'A fresh and immediately illuminating thesis.' Times Literary Supplement


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Paddy Bullard is Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century Studies at the University of Kent, Canterbury.

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