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Elizabethan rhetoric : theory and practice /

In this deeply learned contribution to the cultural and educational history of Elizabethan England, Peter Mack examines the impact of humanist training in the use of language on English prose writing. He shows how this training was deployed in both literary genres and in more practical legal and pol...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mack, Peter, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Colección:Ideas in context ; 63.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Rhetoric in the grammar school; 2 Rhetoric and dialectic at Oxford and Cambridge; 3 English-language manuals of rhetoric and dialectic; 4 Everyday writing: notebooks, letters, narratives; 5 Histories, conduct manuals, romances; 6 Political argument; 7 Elizabethan parliamentary oratory; 8 Religious discourse; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of rhetorical and dialectical terms; General index.