Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance

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Excerpt from Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance: A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English, Renaissance Literary CriticismIN this essay I undertake to trace the in¿uence of classical rhetoric on the criticisms of poetry published in England between 1553 and 1641. This in¿uence is most readily recognized in the use by English renaissance writers on literary criticism of the terminology of classical rhetoric. But the rhetorical terminology in most cases carried with it rhetorical thinking, traces of whose in¿uence persist in criticism of poetry to the present day.The essay is divided into two parts. Part First treats of the in¿uence of rhetoric on the general theory of poetry within the period, and Part Second of its in¿uence on the renaissance formulation of the purpose of poetry. This division is called for not by the logic of the material, but by history and convenience. A third phase of the in¿uence of rhetorical terminology I have already touched on in an article on The Requirements of a Poet, 1 where I have Shown that historically the renaissance ideal of the nature and education of a poet is in part derived from classical rhetoric.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.