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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... 2 E. Faral , op . cit . , p . xvi . 3 The Ars Versificatoria has been edited by E. Faral , op . cit . , pp . 106-193 . See in particular pp . 121-127 . 4 Book IV , Chapter XLIX , para . 63 . a description given by Terence : ' he is tall 8.
... 2 E. Faral , op . cit . , p . xvi . 3 The Ars Versificatoria has been edited by E. Faral , op . cit . , pp . 106-193 . See in particular pp . 121-127 . 4 Book IV , Chapter XLIX , para . 63 . a description given by Terence : ' he is tall 8.
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... given by Terence : ' he is tall , ruddy , curly - headed , heavy - set , blear - eyed , and has a face like a corpse ' . The lack of such vivid portrayals of an individualistic kind in medieval works is frequently condemned as a great ...
... given by Terence : ' he is tall , ruddy , curly - headed , heavy - set , blear - eyed , and has a face like a corpse ' . The lack of such vivid portrayals of an individualistic kind in medieval works is frequently condemned as a great ...
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... given . The ad Herennium anticipates the obvious objection - why not give the better of the two words straightaway and have done with it ? —by pointing out that this is a matter of emphasis . The thought is made more striking when ...
... given . The ad Herennium anticipates the obvious objection - why not give the better of the two words straightaway and have done with it ? —by pointing out that this is a matter of emphasis . The thought is made more striking when ...
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according AGES JOHN FOX allegory apostrophising Art de Seconde 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 ratiocinatio Renaissance Rhetorica ad Herennium rhetorical tradition rhyme Rutebeuf self-interrogation sixteenth Souci style subjectio themes Théophile TRADITION IN FRENCH Trouvères twelfth century UNIVERSITY OF EXETER vernacular literature vobis words writers