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Wit and Rhetoric in the Renaissance
The Formal Basis of Elizabethan Prose Style
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English
Published/Copyright:
1937
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Defines the term wit as it was used with reference to literary skill in the age of Elizabeth. The study revolves around the close association, during the latter half of the 16th century, between wit and rhetoric.
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CONTENTS
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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I. INTRODUCTION
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II. A GENERAL EXAMINATION OF WIT IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES
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III. THE ENGLISH COMMONPLACE BOOKS
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IV. LOGIC
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V. RHETORIC IN THE SCHOOLS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
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VI. THE THEORY OF IMITATION AND ITS RELATION TO AMPLIFICATION AND WIT
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VII. ENGLISH RHETORICS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
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VIII. THE MORAL DISCOURSE
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IX. BOOKS OF INSTRUCTION FOR THE COURTIER
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X. THE ESSAY AND THE CHARACTER
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XI THE SENTIMENTAL NOVEL AND THE ROMANCE
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XII. THE NARRATIVE DISCOURSE
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XIII. EPILOGUE
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APPENDICES
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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INDEX
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