Artful Eloquence by Michael Fo Jenkins

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Challenges the notion that Lemaire's recourse to rhetoric was an artistic failure, arguing that rhetoric was actually his success. Jenkins demonstrates the importance of rhetoric in pre-Renaissance French literature, filling a crucial gap in previous scholarship. He provides an overview of rhetorical tradition and Lemair's knowledge of it.

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Artful Eloquence by Michael Fo Jenkins

Jenkins challenges the notion that Lemaire's recourse to rhetoric was an artistic failure, arguing that rhetoric was actually his success. He demonstrates the importance of rhetoric in pre-Renaissance French literature, filling a crucial gap in previous scholarship. Jenkins provides an overview of rhetorical tradition and Lemair's knowledge of it before performing an analysis of some of the rhetorical aspects of Lemaire's writing.
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ISBN 13 9780807892176
ISBN 10 0807892173
Title Artful Eloquence
Author Michael Fo Jenkins
Series North Carolina Studies In The Romance Languages And Literatures
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher The University of North Carolina Press
Year published 1980-01-30
Number of pages 184
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