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enargeia: a standalone construct

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Rhetoric

the vividness of speech that brings a scene before the listener's eyes, central to ancient accounts of ekphrasis.

In rhetoric, enargeia refers to the vividness of speech that brings a scene before the listener's eyes, central to ancient accounts of ekphrasis. This meaning comes from Webb (2009) in Ekphrasis, imagination and persuasion in ancient rhetorical theory and practice.[1]

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References

  1. Webb, R. (2009). Ekphrasis, imagination and persuasion in ancient rhetorical theory and practice. Ashgate Pub. Co. ISBN 9780754661252

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