Rhetoric on the Margins of Modernity: Vico, Condillac, Monboddo

by Catherine L. Hobbs

Changes in English studies today, particularly the rise of cultural studies, have forced reexaminations of historical genealogies. Three complex figures whose places are currently being reassessed include the Neapolitan Giambattista Vico (1668 -1744), the Frenchman Etienne de Condillac (1714 -1780), and the Scotsman James Burnet(t), Lord Monboddo (1714 -1799) in our histories of communication, linguistics, English studies,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809324695
• ISBN13: 9780809324699
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"