On EloquenceYale University Press, 2008 - 199 páginas On Eloquence questions the common assumption that eloquence is merely a subset of rhetoric, a means toward a rhetorical end. Denis Donoghue, an eminent and prolific critic of the English language, holds that this assumption is erroneous. While rhetoric is the use of language to persuade people to do one thing rather than another, Donoghue maintains that eloquence is “gratuitous, ideally autonomous, in speech and writing an upsurge of creative vitality for its own sake.” He offers many instances of eloquence in words, and suggests the forms our appreciation of them should take.
Donoghue argues persuasively that eloquence matters, that we should indeed care about it. “Because we should care about any instances of freedom, independence, creative force, sprezzatura,” he says, “especially when we live—perhaps this is increasingly the case—in a culture of the same, featuring official attitudes, stereotypes of the officially enforced values, sedated language, a politics of pacification.” A noteworthy addition to Donoghue’s long-term project to reclaim a disinterested appreciation of literature as literature, this volume is a wise and pleasurable meditation on eloquence, its unique ability to move or give pleasure, and its intrinsic value. |
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The story ends with Gweneth still thinking about the girl : Gweneth felt an impulse
to rescue her with logic , with exuberance , but stopped just in time . An image
came into her mind , an old , traditional image of women who , after a meal , will ...
The story is to be received by the whole human community . That is the
justification of the lawyer ' s last thought : “ Ah Bartleby ! Ah humanity ! ” His
eloquence is the mythic reverberation he gives to a life - and - death that would
otherwise be ...
Henry James , “ The Next Time , ” in Complete Stories , 1892 - 1898 ( New York :
Library of America , 1996 ) , 506 . I have written about this story , more briefly and
in another context , in Speaking of Beauty ( New Haven : Yale University Press ...
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On eloquence
Crítica de los usuarios - Not Available - Book VerdictDonoghue (English, NYU; Speaking of Beauty) has fashioned a well-written and engaging exploration of eloquence in literature. He defines eloquence and the role it plays in culture as follows: "The ... Leer comentario completo
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