On EloquenceYale University Press, 2008 M10 1 - 208 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 liveperhaps this is increasingly the casein a culture of the same, featuring official attitudes, stereotypes of the officially enforced values, sedated language, a politics of pacification. A noteworthy addition to Donoghues 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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... its own elemental laws and rhythms . " " 22 “ Instead of communicating something ” restricts the possibilities unnecessarily . The passage I've quoted commu- nicates a great deal. But Fletcher's emphasis on the language 16 / Taking Notes.
... its own elemental laws and rhythms . " " 22 “ Instead of communicating something ” restricts the possibilities unnecessarily . The passage I've quoted commu- nicates a great deal. But Fletcher's emphasis on the language 16 / Taking Notes.
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... rhythms” is just. If so, every line of Whitman's poetry is autobiographical, since it is adjectival to his sense of himself, however that is to be construed in terms of process and change. The lines “communicate something,” but the ...
... rhythms” is just. If so, every line of Whitman's poetry is autobiographical, since it is adjectival to his sense of himself, however that is to be construed in terms of process and change. The lines “communicate something,” but the ...
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... entrusted to a footnote in his History of English Prose Rhythm : As I have mentioned Whitman , it may be asked why no other American prose - writers appear . Their absence is not due to any incivility , and it The Latin Factor / 27.
... entrusted to a footnote in his History of English Prose Rhythm : As I have mentioned Whitman , it may be asked why no other American prose - writers appear . Their absence is not due to any incivility , and it The Latin Factor / 27.
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