Path: ultra.sonic.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!news.walltech.com!uunet!in3.uu.net!205.252.116.190!feed1.news.erols.com!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!aristos.demon.co.uk!aristos.demon.co.uk!sam From: Sam Dodsworth Newsgroups: alt.books.cs-lewis Subject: Re: Difficulties with Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 13:43:36 +0000 Organization: Annexia Free Press Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <1997021010090972756@zetnet.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: aristos.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: aristos.demon.co.uk MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: Turnpike Version 3.01 <7c0azr3XvpMr4dZzpifF$I+pPf> Lines: 14 In article <1997021010090972756@zetnet.co.uk>, David R L Porter writes >Might one reason that Lewis employed rhetoric be that, by then, the >broadacast talk was an accepted literary genre with its own >conventions, one of which was rhetoric? > Yes, but what about Lewis' use of rhetoric in "Miracles" - which was not, as far as I know, a broadcast talk? Sam Dodsworth (sam@aristos.demon.co.uk) "I think there should be more sex and violence on television, not less. Both are powerful catalysts of social change, at a time when change is desperately needed." -J.G. Ballard