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The fate of eloquence in the age of Hume
Eloquence
Hume, david, 1711-1776
English literature, history and criticism, 18th century
Great britain, social life and customs
English language, rhetoric
Literature and society
Rhetoric
English literature
Early works to 1800
English language
Social life and customs
History and criticism
History
This engaging and insightful book explores the fate of eloquence in a period during which it both denoted a living oratorical art and served as a major factor in political thought. Seeing Hume's philosophy as a key to the literature of the mid-eighteenth century, Adam Potkay compares the status of e…
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