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A history of Renaissance rhetoric 1380 - 1620

Mack Peter

A history of Renaissance rhetoric 1380 - 1620 - London Oxford University Press 2013 - HB

Contents: 1. Introduction and Origins ; 2. Diffusion and Reception of Classical Rhetoric ; 3. Italy 1390-1480 ; 4. 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 Works ; Glossary of Rhetorical and Dialectical Terms

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