Rhetoric, science, & magic in seventeenth-century England (Record no. 50283)

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Canceled/invalid ISBN 9780813215785
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Canceled/invalid ISBN 0813215781
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International Standard Book Number 9780813218892 (electronic bk.)
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International Standard Book Number 0813218896 (electronic bk.)
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System control number (OCoLC)707926680
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System control number 360330
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Geographic area code e-uk-en
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Classification number PE1083
Item number .S73 2009eb
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Subject category code LIT
Subject category code subdivision 004120
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Classification number 820.9
Edition number 22
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100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Stark, Ryan J.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Rhetoric, science, & magic in seventeenth-century England
Medium [electronic resource] /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Ryan J. Stark.
246 18 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE
Title proper/short title Rhetoric, science, and magic in seventeenth-century England
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Washington, D.C. :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Catholic University of America Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. c2009.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 1 online resource (vii, 234 p.)
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-225) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Introduction: the new plainness -- Charmed and plain tropes -- Language reform in the late seventeenth century -- Natural magic -- Demonic eloquence -- Meric Casaubon on rhetorical enthusiasm -- John Dryden, new philosophy, and rhetoric -- Conclusion: the importance of philosophy of rhetoric.
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Summary, etc. "Rhetoric operated at the crux of seventeenth-century thought, from arguments between scientists and magicians to anxieties over witchcraft and disputes about theology. Writers on all sides of these crucial topics stressed rhetorical discernment, because to the astute observer the shape of one's eloquence was perhaps the most reliable indicator of the heart's piety or, alternatively, of demonry. To understand the period's tenor, we must understand the period's rhetorical thinking, which is the focus of this book. Ryan J. Stark presents a spiritually sensitive, interdisciplinary, and original discussion of early modern English rhetoric. He shows specifically how experimental philosophers attempted to disenchant language. While rationalists and skeptics delighted in this disenchantment, mystics, wizards, and other practitioners of mysterious arts vehemently opposed the rhetorical precepts of modern science. These writers used tropes not as plain instruments but rather as numinous devices capable of transforming reality. On the contrary, the new philosophers perceived all esoteric language as a threat to learning's advancement, causing them to disavow both nefarious forms of occult spell casting and, unfortunately, edifying forms of wonderment and incantation. This fundamental conflict between scientists and mystics over the nature of rhetoric is the most significant linguistic happening in seventeenth-century England, and, as Stark argues, it ought profoundly to inform how we discuss the rise of modern English writing."--Jacket.
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Source of description note Description based on print version record.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element English language
Chronological subdivision Early modern, 1500-1700
General subdivision Rhetoric.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Rhetoric
General subdivision Philosophy
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Chronological subdivision 17th century.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Occultism
Geographic subdivision England
General subdivision History
Chronological subdivision 17th century.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Literature and science
Geographic subdivision England
General subdivision History
Chronological subdivision 17th century.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element English literature
Chronological subdivision Early modern, 1500-1700
General subdivision History and criticism.
650 07 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Rhetorik.
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Geographic name Englisch.
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650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Source of heading or term bisacsh
648 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CHRONOLOGICAL TERM
Chronological term Geschichte 1600-1700
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Genre/form data or focus term Electronic books.
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Relationship information Print version:
Main entry heading Stark, Ryan J.
Title Rhetoric, science, & magic in seventeenth-century England.
Place, publisher, and date of publication Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2009
International Standard Book Number 9780813215785
Record control number (DLC) 2008038128
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