Raise your hand if you’re writing about
rhetoric! Somebody? Anybody? Dana? Well, regardless, I am going to tell you
about this resource because it has been extremely useful for my research
process and I believe it will continue to be relevant as I continue writing the
long paper. Whitworth’s Catalog has a physical copy of Murphy’s text (full
title, Rhetoric in the Medieval Ages: A
History of Rhetorical Theory from Saint Augustine to the Renaissance), but
please note that I currently have it checked out. Let me know if you’re
interested in it, and we can arrange a swap.
After spending about one hundred pages
discussing the implications ancient rhetorical theory has upon medieval
rhetorical theory, Murphy discusses the three major “Medieval Rhetorical
Genres”: verse-writing, letter-writing, and preaching. Writing about pilgrims
who are clergymen (especially the Parson)? “Ars
praedicandi: The Art of Preaching” is the chapter for you. If you choose to
do a rhetorical reading of the Canterbury
Tales or the N-Town Plays (or at
least incorporate a rhetorical reading), then this book will help you find the
means to do so.
Still unconvinced? The (super helpful) index has
the following listings that may be of interest to some of you:
- Authority (general, and theme, Scriptural, as support, etc.): 20+ listings
- Chaucer, Geoffrey: 5 listings
- Exegesis: 4 listings
- Narration: 20+ listings
- Preaching: 60+ listings
- Preaching Theory: 9 listings
- Scriptural quotations: 6 listings
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