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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... scope of rhetoric is reflected in what I believe is the earliest definition of the term in French , probably the earliest in any Romance vernacular , that of Brunetto Latini , writing about 1265 : ' retorique , cele noble science ke ...
... scope of rhetoric is reflected in what I believe is the earliest definition of the term in French , probably the earliest in any Romance vernacular , that of Brunetto Latini , writing about 1265 : ' retorique , cele noble science ke ...
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... scope for the exercise of their own talents and native capacities . The medieval attitude towards description , particularly of persons and characters , is well illustrated by the Ars Versificatoria of Mathieu de Vendôme , a teacher at ...
... scope for the exercise of their own talents and native capacities . The medieval attitude towards description , particularly of persons and characters , is well illustrated by the Ars Versificatoria of Mathieu de Vendôme , a teacher at ...
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... scope for it here . Not surprisingly in view of its vastness , this is a subject on which much research remains to be done ; there is indeed no book on medieval rhetoric which gives a comprehensive survey , though various works have ...
... scope for it here . Not surprisingly in view of its vastness , this is a subject on which much research remains to be done ; there is indeed no book on medieval rhetoric which gives a comprehensive survey , though various works have ...
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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