Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres
By: delivered in the University of Glasgow by Adam Smith, reported by a student in 1762-63. Edited with an introd. and notes by John M. Lothian. Foreword by David Potter.
Series: Landmarks in rhetoric and public address
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Carbondale
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
Subjects: English language -- Rhetoric -- Early works to 1800; English language -- Style -- Early works to 1800; Rhetoric, Ancient
Description: This edition of John M. Lothian{u2019}s transcription of an almost com{u00AD}plete set of a student{u2019}s notes on Smith{u2019}s lectures given at the University of Glasgow in 1762{u2013}63 brings back into print not only an important discovery but a valuable contribution to eighteenth-century rhetorical theory.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.