Polliticke Courtier: Spenser's The Faerie Queene as a Rhetoric of JusticeAlthough pervasive in Spenser's art, the role of rhetoric has not been adequately addressed by critics. This disregard of the importance of rhetoric in The Faerie Queene, Dixon argues, obscures Spenser's larger rhetorical method and the structural dynamic it generates. Dixon identifies Britomart's evolution in Books III-V as the poem's centre and elucidates the rhetorical strategies that invest Spenser's "argument" for justice. Building on Kenneth Burke's conception of courtship in rhetoric as "the use of suasive devices for the transcending of social estrangement," Dixon interprets The Faerie Queene as a narrative of courtship in purpose as well as content, arguing that its tales of questing knights compose an artifact of suasive devices whereby Spenser courts a meeting of minds with his audience on the subject of justice. |
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... suasive devices for the transcending of social estrangement , " Dixon inter- prets The Faerie Queene as a narrative of courtship in purpose as well as content , arguing that its tales of questing knights compose an artifact of suasive ...
... suasive devices for the transcending of social estrangement , " Dixon inter- prets The Faerie Queene as a narrative of courtship in purpose as well as content , arguing that its tales of questing knights compose an artifact of suasive ...
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... suasive dynamic of Spenser's poetry . He subordinates ornamental and sty- listic devices not only to elements of inventio ( especially topoi of genre and subject , methods of proof , and enthymemes with their demonstrative exempla ) but ...
... suasive dynamic of Spenser's poetry . He subordinates ornamental and sty- listic devices not only to elements of inventio ( especially topoi of genre and subject , methods of proof , and enthymemes with their demonstrative exempla ) but ...
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... suasive authority , the case for rhetorical analysis as requisite to a fully informed reading of Renaissance texts . Nothing remains , it would appear , but to practice the theory on Spenser's text . Unfortunately the theory contains no ...
... suasive authority , the case for rhetorical analysis as requisite to a fully informed reading of Renaissance texts . Nothing remains , it would appear , but to practice the theory on Spenser's text . Unfortunately the theory contains no ...
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... suasive devices for the transcending of social estrangement . " 18 For Spenser , as for Castiglione and many other Renaissance artists , the concept has broad ramifications . Three principal motives for courtship correspond to three ...
... suasive devices for the transcending of social estrangement . " 18 For Spenser , as for Castiglione and many other Renaissance artists , the concept has broad ramifications . Three principal motives for courtship correspond to three ...
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... suasive act becomes a narrative of resolution . Rhetor becomes Burke's " courtier " ; The Faerie Queene becomes a " narrative of courtship " in purpose as well as content , its tales of questing knights from Gloriana's court com- pose ...
... suasive act becomes a narrative of resolution . Rhetor becomes Burke's " courtier " ; The Faerie Queene becomes a " narrative of courtship " in purpose as well as content , its tales of questing knights from Gloriana's court com- pose ...
Contents
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IURIS COMITATUS | 51 |
CIVILITATIS CAUSA | 91 |
WHO KNOWES NOT ARLOHILL? A GRAMMAR OF CLOSURE | 159 |
Schematic of Classical Rhetoric and Glossary of Terms | 205 |
Notes | 211 |
Bibliography | 233 |
Index | 241 |
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Polliticke Courtier: Spenser's The Faerie Queene as a Rhetoric of Justice Michael F.N. Dixon No preview available - 1996 |
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