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On eloquence

Denis Donoghue (Author)
On Eloquence questions the common assumption that eloquence is merely a subset of rhetoric, a means toward a rhetorical end. Denis Donoghue, an eminent and prolific critic of the English language, holds that this assumption is erroneous. In this book, Donoghue maintains that eloquence should be examined independent of mere rhetoric and that it has its own intrinsic value
eBook, English, 2008
Yale University Press, New Haven, 2008
1 online resource (vii, 199 pages)
9780300145052, 0300145055
503446476
Taking notes
The Latin factor
Song without words
Like something almost being said
To make an end
Blind mouths
For and against