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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... style had to be adapted to the subject matter . The difficulty of determining the attitude of writers in the vernacular is owed to the fact that they never discuss the theory themselves . We only have their literary works to go on , and ...
... style had to be adapted to the subject matter . The difficulty of determining the attitude of writers in the vernacular is owed to the fact that they never discuss the theory themselves . We only have their literary works to go on , and ...
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... style . From the literary point of view they served the same purpose as in oratory , conveying an impression of naturalness and sincerity . They suggested that the writer was weighing his words carefully , making the reader feel close ...
... style . From the literary point of view they served the same purpose as in oratory , conveying an impression of naturalness and sincerity . They suggested that the writer was weighing his words carefully , making the reader feel close ...
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... style . An interesting suggestion has been made by Professor Ullmann in his Book Language and Style : " The disappearance of traditional rhetoric has created a gap in the humanities , and stylistics has gone a long way to fill this gap ...
... style . An interesting suggestion has been made by Professor Ullmann in his Book Language and Style : " The disappearance of traditional rhetoric has created a gap in the humanities , and stylistics has gone a long way to fill this gap ...
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