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- Title
Constructing a Neo-Romantic Rhetorical Theory.
- Authors
Smith, Craig R.
- Abstract
Hugh Blair and Thomas De Quincey demonstrate that the aesthetic in rhetoric could trigger powerful effects. Their ultimate aim was to achieve the sublime. Their rhetorical theory was part of the Romantic Movement that swept through the arts. Viewing Blair and De Quincey through the Romantic lens not only provides a new reading of these theories, it also provides a foundation on which to build a Neo-Romantic theory by borrowing from relevant segments of contemporary rhetorical theory. The end result is a unique perspective on discourse, an aesthetic lens that seeks to achieve the sublime built on the defining elements of Romanticism: nature, nationalism and narrative.
- Subjects
RHETORICAL theory; NEOROMANTICISM (Art movement); ROMANTICISM; DE Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859; BLAIR, Hugh; SOCIAL contract
- Publication
Western Journal of Communication, 2016, Vol 80, Issue 2, p220
- ISSN
1057-0314
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.1080/10570314.2015.1137102