The Conversational Enlightenment: The Reconception of Rhetoric in Eighteenth-Century Thought

by David Randall

Book Overview

The ever-widening application of conversational style created a conversational Enlightenment
The Conversational Enlightenment traces the spread of the concept of conversation during the Enlightenment, including the project of politeness, the fine arts, philosophy and public opinion. The book narrates this triumph of conversational style and thought partly as a succession to the oratorical rhetoric that characterised the Renaissance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474448674
• ISBN13: 9781474448673
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"