The Rhetorical Tradition in French Literature of the Later Middle Ages: An Inaugural Lecture Delivered in the University of Exeter on 17 January 1969 |
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... earlier medieval literature such as the thirteenth century Roman de la Rose . There , as we have seen , a moralising and didactic purpose was served in the expression of general truths on human nature . Though this attitude did not ...
... earlier medieval literature such as the thirteenth century Roman de la Rose . There , as we have seen , a moralising and didactic purpose was served in the expression of general truths on human nature . Though this attitude did not ...
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... earlier French literature to a considerable extent in terms of the Rhétoriqueurs , and what he knew of them made him view all earlier French literature with disdain , apart from the authors of the Roman de la Rose : ' De tous les ...
... earlier French literature to a considerable extent in terms of the Rhétoriqueurs , and what he knew of them made him view all earlier French literature with disdain , apart from the authors of the Roman de la Rose : ' De tous les ...
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... earlier . Not until quite recent times was it realised that the rhetorical tradition , based on a study of the experience amassed by the writers and orators of classical antiquity , far from becoming established in France in the ...
... earlier . Not until quite recent times was it realised that the rhetorical tradition , based on a study of the experience amassed by the writers and orators of classical antiquity , far from becoming established in France in the ...
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according AGES JOHN FOX allegory apostrophising aspect attitude Ballade des Dames Ballade des Seigneurs basic Bellay Belle Heaulmière Book Century French Rhetoric chanson chanson de geste characteristic Charles d'Orléans Cicero Classical Rhetoric Coloribus Rhetoricis concerned congnois critical edition devices E. R. Curtius earlier French literature effect English Exeter on 17 expression Faral fifteenth century figures of speech FOX An Inaugural France François Villon Grands Rhétoriqueurs Guillaume de Lorris hommes important individual influence involved Jacques Coeur January 1969 UNIVERSITY Jean de Meun Langlois LATER MIDDLE AGES Latin Leo Spitzer literary composition Loeb Classical Library medieval theorists Moyen natural talent owed Paris Pléiade poem poet poète Poetica Poétique poetry point of view Quintilian Quoted Racine's Rhetoric ratiocinatio Renaissance Rhetorica ad Herennium rhetorical tradition rhyme Rutebeuf Seconde Rhétorique self-interrogation sixteenth Souci style subjectio themes Théophile TRADITION IN FRENCH Trouvères twelfth century UNIVERSITY OF EXETER vernacular literature vobis words writers