Art of Eloquence - Byron, Dickens, Tennyson, Joyce

Klappentext This book examines the relations between public speaking and literary expression in the lives and work of Byron, Dickens, Tennyson, and Joyce. Matthew Bevis considers the procedures, languages, and styles of oratory reported in the newspapers and Hansard, and offers a new understanding of literature in relation to the public sphere. Zusammenfassung This book examines the relations between public speaking and literary expression in the lives and work of Byron, Dickens, Tennyson, and Joyce. Matthew Bevis considers the procedures, languages, and styles of oratory reported in the newspapers and Hansard, and offers a new understanding of literature in relation to the public sphere.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Bevis, Matthew (Lecturer in English Literature Bevis
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.09.2010
• EAN: 9780199593224
• ISBN: 978-0-19-959322-4
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business; Englisch, Semantik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik, Literaturwissenschaft: 1900 bis 2000