 | Uncommon Tongues Subjects: Rhetoric Renaissance; National characteristics English in literature.; English language; English language; Eloquence in literature.; English literature; Uncommon Tongues explores the tension between the political value of eloquence and its classical definition in sixteenth-century English literature, locating eccentricity and unfamiliarity at the heart of pedagogical, rhetorical, and literary culture. Catherine Nicholson teaches English at Yale University. |
