A Course of Lectures on Oratory and Criticism
A Course of Lectures on Oratory and Criticism
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The polymath Joseph Priestley (1733–1804) delivered this lecture series in 1762, arguing that the purpose of rhetoric is moral formation. First published in 1777, and reissued here in its 1781 printing, the work draws on the theory of psychological associationism as developed by John Locke and David Hartley.
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A Course of Lectures on Oratory and Criticism by Joseph Priestley
While a tutor at Warrington Academy, the polymath Joseph Priestley (1733–1804) established himself as a leading grammarian and educational theorist, producing the influential Rudiments of English Grammar (1761) and A Course of Lectures on the Theory of Language and Universal Grammar (1762), both of which are reissued in this series. In 1762 he also delivered these lectures on rhetorical theory, arguing that the purpose of rhetoric is moral formation. Priestley was deeply influenced by associationism, a theory of mind developed by John Locke and David Hartley. This claims that all complex ideas develop from simple ones, which arise purely from sensory impressions. The orator's role, then, is to form the right associations between impressions and ideas in a listener's mind. Informed by this theory, these thirty-five lectures re-evaluate the classical rhetorical components of topic, method and style. First published in 1777, the work is reissued here in its 1781 Dublin printing.| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9781108066075 |
| ISBN 10 | 1108066070 |
| Titre | A Course of Lectures on Oratory and Criticism |
| Auteur | Joseph Priestley |
| Série | Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Cambridge University Press |
| Année de publication | 2013-10-24 |
| Nombre de pages | 396 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |