Divine Rhetoric : Essays on the Sermons of Laurence Sterne

by Gerard, W. B.

• ISBN13: 9780874130638
• ISBN10: 0874130638
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-03-31
• Publisher: Associated Univ Pr

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 7
List of Short Titles	p. 9
Introduction	p. 13
Theological Contexts
On Being Orthodox: The Sermons of Laurence Sterne and the Church of England Context	p. 45
Sterne and the Eminent Protestant Preachers: William Rose's The Practical Preacher	p. 63
Reading and Misreading the Genres of Sterne's Sermons	p. 83
Reading the Occasion: Understanding Sterne's Sermons	p. 101
Sources and Influences
A Brief Account of Sterne's Homiletic Piracy	p. 123
The Sermons of Laurence Sterne, Neoplatonism, and Two Short Works	p. 149
The Sermon in Tristram Shandy	p. 165
Rhetorical and Affective Techniques
Swift, Sterne, and the Anglican Sermon Performed	p. 189
Sterne's Dramatic Persuasion	p. 207
Sterne and the Art of War Sermons	p. 229
Cognitive Science, Religious Conceptuality, and the Convergence of the Literary and Ethical in Sterne's Sermons	p. 249
Appendix: "The case of Hezekiah and the messengers" Audio recording delivered	p. 275
Notes on Contributors	p. 277
Index	p. 279
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