Modern Rhetorical Theory

Famous quotes containing the words modern, rhetorical and/or theory:

    “In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

    “I come from a place that likes grandeur; it likes large gestures; it is not inhibited by flourish; it is a rhetorical society; it is a society of physical performance; it is a society of style.”
    —Derek Walcott (b. 1930)

    “Lucretius
    Sings his great theory of natural origins and of wise conduct; Plato
    smiling carves dreams, bright cells
    Of incorruptible wax to hive the Greek honey.”
    —Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962)