Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance

Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance is a close look at the rhetorical terms used in literary essays about the English Renaissance. Contents: «Introductory The Distinction between Rhetoric and Poetic Classical Poetic Aristotle „Longinus“ Plutarch Horace Classical Rhetoric Definitions Subject Matter Content of Classical Rhetoric Rhetoric as Part of Poetic Poetic as Part of Rhetoric Classical Blending of Rhetoric and Poetic The Contact of Rhetoric and Poetic in Style The Florid Style in Rhetoric and Poetic The False Rhetoric of the Declamation Schools The Contamination of Poetic by False Rhetoric.»