Three Medieval Rhetorical Arts

by James J. Murphy

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520018206
• ISBN13: 9780520018204
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.

Customer Reviews

All three readings are expertly translated into English

Volume 228 in the Medieval Renaissance Texts and Studies series, Three Medieval Rhetorical Arts is the reprinted discourse of three medieval authors on the topics of three different communication art forms. The essays are "The Principles of Letter-Writing" by Anonymous of Bologna (1135 A.D.), "The New Poetics" by Geoffrey of Vinsauf (1210 A.D.), and "The Form of Preaching" by Robert of Basevorn (1322 A.D.). All three readings are expertly translated into English and present insightful, erudite testimony of artistic values and virtues that have truly weathered the test of centuries and provide modern readers with a kind of "window in time" through which to glimpse a feeling for the culture of that time lost era. Three Medieval Rhetorical Arts is very highly recommended for Medieval Studies supplemental reading lists and academic reference collections.