The epic rhetoric of Tasso : theory and practice
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The epic rhetoric of Tasso : theory and practice
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European Humanities Research Centre : Modern Humanities Research Association, 1998
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Torquato Tasso : theoretician and poet
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Revised version of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Reading, 1985; presented under the title: Torquato Tasso, theoretician and poet
Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-229) and indexes
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Maggie Gunsberg examines the "poetica" and "poesia" of Tasso in the context of the historical and cultural climate in which he lived. His epic theory is explored from the point of view of three rhetorical faculties current in 16th-century poetics: "inventio", "dispositio" and "elocutio". His discussion of "dispositio" reveals a fascinating similarity with ideas on art expressed by the Russian Formalists in the 1920s, a coincidence that can be attributed to the lasting influence of Aristotelian writings on plot. In her textual analysis of "Gerusalemme liberata", Dr. Gunsberg uses modern methodologies drawing on Freud, Lacan and the ideology of body language to develop new ways of reading the epic text. The two parts of this study, dealing with Tasso's theory and practice respectively, offer complementary aproaches that together illuminate his epic contribution.
Table of Contents
Introduction PART I Poetica: Tasso's Epic Theory and the Rhetorical Tradition 1 Inventio 2 Dispositio 3 Elocutio PART II Poesia: Rhetorical Practice in the Gerusalemme liberate 4 Negation 5 The Mirror Episode 6 The Ideology of the Look
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