A history of Renaissance rhetoric, 1380-1620 /

A history of Renaissance rhetoric, 1380-1620 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Mack, Peter, 1955-
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Description:	vii, 345 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford-Warburg studies Oxford-Warburg studies.
Subject:	Rhetoric, Renaissance -- History. Rhetoric, Renaissance. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8452873

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ISBN:	9780199597284 0199597286
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-328) and index.
Summary:	Describes the most important individual contributions to the development of Renaissance rhetoric and analyzes the new ideas which Renaissance thinkers contributed to rhetorical theory.

Table of Contents:

List of Tables
1. Introduction and Origins
2. Diffusion and Reception of Classical Rhetoric
3. Italy 1390-1480
4. Rudolph Agricola
5. Erasmus
6. Northern Europe 1519-1545: The Age of Melanchthon
7. Northern Europe 1545-1580: Ramus and Company
8. Southern Europe in the Sixteenth Century
9. New Syntheses 1600-1620: Keckermann, Vossius, and Caussin
10. Manuals of Tropes and Figures
11. Letter-Writing Manuals
12. Preaching Manuals and Legal Dialectics
13. Vernacular Rhetorics
14. Conclusion: Renaissance Rhetoric
Bibliography of Secondary Literature
Glossary of Rhetorical and Dialectical Terms
Index