The five essays presented here-Rhetoric, Style, Language, Conversation, and Greek Literature-were published together for the first time in The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey in 1889-1890. Frederick Burwick brings the essays together again in this volume, introducing them by tracing the sources and development of a belletristic theory of rhetoric, which he says "is one of the most original, and for a few critics, the most puzzling of the nineteenth century." Burwick makes the edition complete with a comprehensive index and a selected bibliography.
| ISBN: | 9780809329755 |
| Publication date: | 30th March 2010 |
| Author: | Thomas De Quincey, Frederick Burwick |
| Publisher: | Southern Illinois University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Series: | Landmarks in Rhetoric and Public Address |
| Genres: |
Speaking in public: advice and guides |