{"product_id":"a-course-of-lectures-on-oratory-and-criticism-paperback-9781108066075","title":"A Course of Lectures on Oratory and Criticism (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108066075","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Course of Lectures on Oratory and Criticism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePriestley integrates classical rhetorical principles with contemporary theories of mind in this lecture series, reissued here in its 1781 printing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoseph Priestley (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108066075, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 October 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e396 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.2 cm, 0.5 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhile 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDedication\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Part I: 1. The introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Of the nature and use of topics\u003cbr\u003e 3. Of universal topics\u003cbr\u003e 4. Of particular topics\u003cbr\u003e 5. Of amplification\u003cbr\u003e Part II: 6. Of method in narrative discourses\u003cbr\u003e 7. Of method in argumentative discourses\u003cbr\u003e 8. Of the several parts of a proper demonstration\u003cbr\u003e 9. Of the analytical method\u003cbr\u003e 10. Of the method of Mr Hume's inquiry into the principles of morals, etc.\u003cbr\u003e Part III: 11. Of taste\u003cbr\u003e 12. What affects the passions, judgment, and imagination\u003cbr\u003e 13. Of the tendency of strong emotions to produce belief\u003cbr\u003e 14. Of the influence of the passions on each other\u003cbr\u003e 15. Of forms of address adapted to gain belief\u003cbr\u003e 16. Of objections, etc.\u003cbr\u003e 17. Of the pleasures of imagination\u003cbr\u003e 18. A general account of the pleasure we receive from objects\u003cbr\u003e 19. Of novelty\u003cbr\u003e 20. Of the sublime\u003cbr\u003e 21. Of the pleasure we receive from uniformity, and variety\u003cbr\u003e 22. Of the nature of metaphors\u003cbr\u003e 23. Rules for the use of metaphors\u003cbr\u003e 24. Of contrast\u003cbr\u003e 25. Of burlesque etc.\u003cbr\u003e 26. Of riddles, puns, etc.\u003cbr\u003e 27. Of metoymy\u003cbr\u003e 28. Of the hyperbole and bombast\u003cbr\u003e 29. Of personification\u003cbr\u003e 30. Of imitation\u003cbr\u003e 31. Of climax\u003cbr\u003e 32. Of perspicuity in style\u003cbr\u003e 33. Of the resemblance between sound and sense\u003cbr\u003e 34. Of harmony in verse\u003cbr\u003e 35. Of harmony in prose.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Semantics, discourse analysis, etc [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Semantics, discourse analysis, etc\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Semantics,%20discourse%20analysis,%20etc%20%5BCFG%5D%22\"\u003eCFG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266153271576,"sku":"9781108066075","price":32.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108066075i_15f011ad-6351-4331-8232-60590b4a7cf2.jpg?v=1696748620","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-course-of-lectures-on-oratory-and-criticism-paperback-9781108066075","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}