The Concept of Conversation: From Cicero's Sermo to the Grand Siècle's Conversation

by David Randall

Book Overview

The first history of early modern conversation in English

In the classical period, conversation referred to real conversations, conducted in the leisure time of noble men, and concerned with indefinite philosophical topics. Christianity inflected conversation with universal aspirations during the medieval centuries and the ars dictaminis, the art of letter writing, increased the importance of this written analogue...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474430112
• ISBN13: 9781474430111
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"