The Garden of Eloquence A Rhetorical Bestiary
New York: Harper and Row, (1983). First Edition. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. pp. 221. Drawings by Teresa Peekema Allen. With a pronunciation guide. Includes portions of Henry Peacham's "Garden of Eloquence" (1577). Half red cloth with paper-covered boards. Gift inscription on ffep, else a bright, attractive copy in a price-clipped dust jacket. Near Fine / Fine. Item #881
Without academic tedium, the author examines various literary devices, including metaphor, hyperbole, alliteration, pleonasmus, litotes, and temesis.
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