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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres Paperback - 1985

by Adam Smith; J. C. Bryce (Editor)

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From the publisher

The "Notes of Dr. Smith's Rhetorick Lectures," discovered in 1958 by a University of Aberdeen professor, consists of lecture notes taken by two of Smith's students at the University of Glasgow in 1762-1763. There are thirty lectures in the collection, all on rhetoric and the different kinds or characteristics of style.

The book is divided into "an examination of the several ways of communicating our thoughts by speech" and "an attention to the principles of those literary compositions which contribute to persuasion or entertainment." The species of communication discussed include descriptive and narrative (or historical) composition, poetry, demonstrative oratory, panegyric, didactic or scientific language, deliberative oratory, and judicial or forensic oratory.

The subjects addressed in his teachings include the style and genius of some of the best of the ancient writers and poets, especially the historians and the English classics.

Details

  • Title Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
  • Author Adam Smith; J. C. Bryce (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition reprint
  • Pages 291
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Liberty Fund, Indianapolis
  • Publication date 1985-08-30
  • Features Index
  • ISBN 9780865970526 / 0865970521
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.9 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 2.29 cm)
  • Age range 18 to 10 years
  • Grade levels 13 - 5
  • Category Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 85006884
  • Dewey Decimal Code 808

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