An analysis of “Hastings” clearly demonstrates Dryden's indebtedness to the classical theory of decorum, modifies the charges that the poem is “insincere” and stylistically flawed, and illustrates his life‐long preoccupation with specific literary techniques derived from the works of ancient rhetoricians.

Genre and rhetoric in Dryden's “upon the death of the lord Hastings”

With the emergence of democracy in the city-state of Athens in the years around 460 BC, public speaking became an essential skill for politicians in the Assemblies and Councils and even for ordinary citizens in the courts of law. In response, the technique of rhetoric rapidly developed, bringing virtuoso performances and a host of practical manuals for the layman. While many of these were little more than collections of debaters' tricks, the Art of Rhetoric held a far deeper purpose. Here Aristotle (384 322 BC) establishes the methods of informal reasoning, provides the first aesthetic evaluation of prose style and offers detailed observations on character and the emotions. Hugely influential upon later Western culture, the Art of Rhetoric is a fascinating consideration of the force of persuasion and sophistry, and a compelling guide to the principles behind oratorical skill.

The Art of Rhetoric

Quintilian was born in Spain about AD 35; he became a well-known and prosperous teacher of rhetoric in Rome, probably the first to receive a salary as such from public funds His "Institutio Oratoria" ("Training of an Orator"), a comprehensive training program in twelve books, draws on his own rich experience Here Quintilian gives guidelines for proper schooling (beginning with the young boy); analyzes the structure of speeches and recommends devices for engaging listeners and appealing to their emotions; reviews a wide range of Greek and Latin authors of use to the orator; and counsels on memory, delivery, and gestures This practical guide, in lucid style, provides valuable insight on Roman education The work also yields many a memorable comment on the styles of various writers

The Institutio Oratoria of Quintilian

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Preface List of Illustrations Chronological Table of Dryden's Life and Publications Abbreviations Bibliography THE POEMS Alexander's Feast To Mr Granville To Peter Motteux Lines on Tonson The Monument of a Fair Maiden Lady Fables Ancient and Modern Dedication and Preface to Fables Ancient and Modern To the Duchess of Ormonde Palamon and Arcite (from Chaucer's The Knight's Tale) To John Driden of Chesterton Meleager and Atalanta (from Ovid's Metamorphoses VIII) Sigismonda and Guiscardo (from Boccaccio's Decameron) Baucis and Philemon (from Ovid's Metamorphoses VIII) Pygmalion and the Statue (from Ovid's Metamorphoses X) Cinyras and Myrrha (from Ovid's Metamorphoses X) The First Book of Homer's Ilias The Cock and the Fox (from Chaucer's The Nun's Priest's Tale) Theodore and Honoria (from Boccaccio's Decameron) Ceyx and Alcione (from Ovid's Metamorphoses XI) The Flower and the Leaf (from the poem attributed to Chaucer) The Twelfth Book of Ovid his Metamorphoses The Speeches of Ajax and Ulysses (from Ovid's Metamorphoses XIII) The Wife of Bath her Tale (from Chaucer) Of the Pythagorean Philosophy (from Ovid's Metamorphoses XV) The Character of a Good Parson (from Chaucer) Cymon and Iphigenia (from Boccaccio's Decameron) [End of Fables Ancient and Modern] Posthumously Printed Work Prologue, Epilogue, Song and Secular Masque from The Pilgrim On the Death of Amyntas Ovid's Amours, Book I Elegy I Ovid's Amours, Book I Elegy IV On the Death of a Very Young Gentleman Upon Young Mr Rogers of Gloucestershire Song ('Fair, sweet and young, receive a prize') Ovid's Art of Love, Book I Epitaph on Mrs Margaret Paston Aesacus Transformed into a Cormorant (from Ovid's Metamorphoses XI) Lines to Mrs Creed Epitaph on Erasmus Lawton Appendix A. Contents of Fables Ancient and Modern Appendix B. Index of Poems Excluded from this Edition Index of Titles in Volume V Index of First Lines in Volume V Cumulative Index of Titles for Volumes I-V Cumulative Index of First Lines for Volumes I-V

Genre and rhetoric in Dryden's “upon the death of the lord Hastings”

References

The Art of Rhetoric

The Institutio Oratoria of Quintilian

Lives of the English Poets

John Milton: Complete Poems and Major Prose

The poems of John Dryden

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