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100	1		_aStark, Ryan J.
245	1	0	_aRhetoric, science, & magic in seventeenth-century England _h[electronic resource] / _cRyan J. Stark.
246	1	8	_aRhetoric, science, and magic in seventeenth-century England
260			_aWashington, D.C. : _bCatholic University of America Press, _cc2009.
300			_a1 online resource (vii, 234 p.)
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 209-225) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: 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.
520			_a"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.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aEnglish language _yEarly modern, 1500-1700 _xRhetoric.
650		0	_aRhetoric _xPhilosophy _xHistory _y17th century.
650		0	_aOccultism _zEngland _xHistory _y17th century.
650		0	_aLiterature and science _zEngland _xHistory _y17th century.
650		0	_aEnglish literature _yEarly modern, 1500-1700 _xHistory and criticism.
650	0	7	_aRhetorik. _2swd
651		7	_aEnglisch. _2swd
650		7	_aLITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh _2bisacsh
648		7	_aGeschichte 1600-1700 _2swd
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aStark, Ryan J. _tRhetoric, science, & magic in seventeenth-century England. _dWashington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2009 _z9780813215785 _w(DLC) 2008038128 _w(OCoLC)245024207
856	4	0	_3NetLibrary _uhttp://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=360330
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