Self-referential rhetoric: the evolution of the Elizabethan 'wit'

Self-referential rhetoric: the evolution of the Elizabethan 'wit'

<p>The thesis traces the evolving attitudes towards rhetoric in the highly-rhetorised English-language prose of the late sixteenth century by focusing on a term that was itself subject to significant change: ‘wit’. To wit’s pre-existing denotations of intellectual acumen, capacity for reason a...

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Bibliografiske detaljer
Hovedforfatter:	Kramer, Y
Andre forfattere:	Burrow, C
Format:	Thesis
Sprog:	English
Udgivet:	2017
Fag:	Rhetoric Wit Early Modern Literature Early Modern Prose

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