Mack, P. (2018) Learning and transforming conventional wisdom : reading and rhetoric in the Elizabethan grammar school. Renaissance Studies, 32 (3). pp. 427-445. doi:10.1111/rest.12326 ISSN 0269-1213.

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Abstract

This paper examines the question of the contribution of rhetorical training to Elizabethan culture and writing in the light of our developing understanding of renaissance rhetoric. It argues that the rhetorical skills taught in the grammar school provided pupils with ways of both elaborating and transforming conventional wisdom. It begins with some general observations about rhetorical theory and the Elizabethan classroom. It considers the way in which the texts and practices of the Elizabethan grammar school inculcated rhetorical skills. It considers the contribution of rhetorical training and conventional wisdom to new thinking in some sonnets by Sidney and some Speeches from Hamlet. It concludes with some comments on the relationship between reading, writing and new thinking in Elizabethan culture.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > English and Comparative Literary Studies
Journal or Publication Title:	Renaissance Studies
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN:	0269-1213
Official Date:	June 2018
Dates:	Date Event June 2018 Published 31 August 2017 Available 4 August 2017 Accepted
Volume:	32
Number:	3
Page Range:	pp. 427-445
DOI:	10.1111/rest.12326
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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