A reexamination of edmund burke’s rhetorical art: A rhetorical struggle between prudence and heroism

Quarterly Journal of Speech

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 332-350

  Levasseur, David G ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correspondence; Edmund burke; Heroism; Prudence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347223639     PISSN: 00335630     EISSN: 14795779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00335639709384189     Document Type: Article

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