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    Rhetoric: Readings in French Literature by Hawcroft, Michael;

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    • Publisher OUP Oxford
    • Date of Publication 16 December 1999

    • ISBN 9780198159841
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages280 pages
    • Size 223x145x19 mm
    • Weight 436 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    Rhetoric is the art of persuasion, whether spoken or written. The first chapter of this book sets out its principles comprehensively and lucidly, with a wide range of illustrative examples. Subsequent chapters explore rhetoric at work in different genres, via close reading of texts which range from the drama of Racine and Beckett; Montaigne, Sévigné and Gide on the self; Zola and Sarraute's prose fiction; poetry by D'Aubigné, Baudelaire, and Césaire; and the oratory of de Gaulle and Yourcenar. This is both a rhetorical handbook and an illustration of critical practice.

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    Long description:

    Rhetoric is the art of persuasion, whether spoken or written. In the first chapter of Rhetoric: Readings in French Literature, Michael Hawcroft sets out its principles comprehensively and lucidly, providing an easily-consulted outline of key terms and a wide range of illustrative examples. Subsequent chapters explore rhetoric at work in different genres, via close reading of texts which range from the drama of Molière, Racine, and Beckett; Montaigne, Sévigné, and Gide on the self; the prose fiction of Laclos, Zola, and Sarraute; poetry by D'Aubigné, Baudelaire, and Césaire; and the oratory of de Gaulle and Yourcenar. Rhetorical analysis uncovers subtleties and complexities in texts which emerge as exciting dramas of communication. This is at once a handbook of rhetoric and a guide to its application to French texts from the sixteenth century to the present.

    Hawcroft provides some remarkable insights.

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    Table of Contents:

    Introduction
    Rhetorical theory: a practical guide
    Oratory
    Drama
    Prose fiction
    Poetry
    The Self
    Conclusion
    Appendix: Outline of Chapter 1
    Select bibliography
    Index of rhetorical terms
    Index of names and works

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