Samuel Butler and the rhetoric of development : a study of the contribution Butler's literary imagination made towards the writing of his prose works

The abundance of literary devices Butler employs in his prose works has often been interpreted as evidence of satirical intent. This thesis challenges this position by illustrating how sophisticated assumptions about language and rhetoric often lie behind the form in which Butler cast his thought. C...

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Main Author: Kerrigan, Andrew
Published: University of Strathclyde 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.561284