Rhetorical Affect in Early Modern Writing: Renaissance Passions Reconsidered

Robert Cockcroft

ISBN 10: 0333802527 / ISBN 13: 9780333802526

Published by Palgrave, 2003

About this Item

2003 Palgrave hardcover edition. Light reading wear else very good condition.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction: Reconsidered Passions, with subsections
1.1 From perception to persuasion,
1.2 Renaissance passions reconsidered,
1.3 Emotion, now - and then,
1.4 Introducing the new rhetoric,
1.5 Empowering the reader?,
1.6 A 'double analysis' - with a difference;

Chapter 2: Sable Clouds and Silver Linings, with subsections
2.1 A pathetic muddle?,
2.2 Ideas of pathos from Plato to Milton,
2.3 The applications of pathos,
2.4 Milton's A Masque: the progression of pathos;

Chapter 3: Old Passions, New Purposes: Rhetoric Rhetoricised, with subsections
3.1 Reconsidering: how and why?,
3.2 Baldwin and Marlowe: talent and the spotlight,
3.3 Hutchinson and Cavendish: writer and audience,
3.4 Shakespeare: about the Bard's business,
3.5 Milton: perspectives on power;

Chapter 4: Going to Extremes, with subsections
4.1 The extremes of love and hate,
4.2 Passionate to a purpose;

Chapter 5: Adjusting the Mirrors, with subsections
5.1 The emotional laser,
5.2 Marlowe and Baldwin: designs on the audience,
5.3 Hutchinson and Cavendish: rival reflections,
5.4 Shakespeare: back to the audience?,
5.5 Paradise Lost: engaging the reader,
5.6 A case in point: Courtship in Wyatt and Gascoigne,
5.7 Conclusion.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rhetorical Affect in Early Modern Writing: Renaissance Passions Reconsidered
• Publisher: Palgrave
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333802527
• ISBN 13: 9780333802526
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Emotive language is now best understood by combining the analytic techniques of classical rhetoric with current linguistic practices. With or without prompting, the 'passions' of Renaissance culture can stir contrary feelings in today's readers, which are enlisted to validate a range of theorised responses. This book will mediate between critics, readers, the author and the original audience, using the 'New Rhetoric' to open fresh perspectives on writers as diverse as Christopher Marlowe, Lucy Hutchinson and Margaret Cavendish.

About the Author

ROBERT COCKCROFT was born into a textile family and is particularly interested in the structure and texture of language, aesthetic and persuasive. As co-author of Persuading People (1992), he now seeks to combine 'New Rhetorical' linguistic insights with traditional perspectives, in an innovative treatment of Renaissance texts and their modern critics.