Modern Rhetorical Theory

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

    “This strange disease of modern life,
    With its sick hurry, its divided aims.”
    —Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)

    “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)

    “Won’t this whole instinct matter bear revision?
    Won’t almost any theory bear revision?
    To err is human, not to, animal.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)