Henry Peacham (1546–1634), sometimes called Henry Peacham the Elder, was an English clergyman, best known for his treatise on rhetoric entitled The Garden of Eloquence.
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Peacham was ordained in 1574 and appointed as curate of North Mymms, Herts.[1] It was during his time at North Mymms that he published The Garden of Eloquence in 1577 and had a son Henry Peacham the Younger, who also became an author.[2] In 1578 he became rector of Leverton-in-Holland, in Lincolnshire.[1]
C. S. Lewis described The Garden of Eloquence as 'probably the best' of the Elizabethan books on rhetoric.[3]
Further reading
edit- Shawn Smith, "Henry Peacham the Elder," The Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 236: British Rhetoricians and Logicians, 1500–1660, First Series, Detroit: Gale, 2001, pp. 188–201.
- Willard R. Espy, The Garden of Eloquence: A Rhetorical Bestiary, New York: Dutton, 1983
- Alan R. Young, "Henry Peacham, Author of The Garden of Eloquence (1577): A Biographical Note," Notes and Queries, vol. 24, 1977, pp. 503–507
Notes
editReferences
edit- Peacham, Henry (1954) [1593]. The Garden of Eloquence. Gainesville, Fla.: Softcover: Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints. p. 280. Archived from the original on 1 December 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
External links
edit- Henry Peacham, The Garden of Eloquence (at silva rhetoricae – A guide to rhetoric, by Dr. Gideon Burton, Brigham Young University).
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