A History of Renaissance Rhetoric, 1380-1620

by Peter Mack

Book Overview

This is the first comprehensive History of Renaissance Rhetoric. Rhetoric, a training in writing and delivering speeches, was a fundamental part of renaissance culture and education. It is concerned with a wide range of issues, connected with style, argument, self-presentation, the arousal of emotion, voice and gesture. More than 3,500 works on rhetoric were published in a total of over 15,000 editions between 1460 and 1700. The renaissance was a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199679991
• ISBN13: 9780199679997
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"