Scottish Philosophy of Rhetoric

by Rosaleen Keefe

The popular and successful rhetorical textbooks produced by the 18th century Scottish philosophical tradition, such as George Campbell's The Philosophy of Rhetoric (1776), Hugh Blair's Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres (1783), and Alexander Bain's English Composition and Rhetoric (1877) have been widely accorded a role in the trajectories of 19th and 20th century literary theory. Scholars have generally overlooked them, however, as philosophical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845405617
• ISBN13: 9781845405618
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Imprint Academic
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.3"