Christian plain style : the evolution of a spiritual ideal /

Show other versions (1)

Locating the roots of the plain style in secular and philosophic classicism, Auksi examines theories on classical rhetoric from Demetrius and Dionysius of Halicarnassus to Cicero and Quintilian. He shows how biblicists deliberately transformed a heathen mode, and demonstrates that rhetoric served a...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Auksi, Peter, 1942-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1995.
Subjects:
Language and languages > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Rhetoric > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Rhetoric > History.
Langage et langues > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Rhétorique > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Rhétorique > Histoire.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
RELIGION > Biblical Criticism & Interpretation > General.
Language and languages > Religious aspects > Christianity
Rhetoric
Rhetoric > Religious aspects > Christianity
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 Christian Literary Culture and the Study of Simplicity
  • 2 The Plain Style in Classical Rhetoric
  • 3 Scripture and the Creative Motive
  • 4 Channels of Transmission: Augustine and Paul
  • 5 The Church Fathers and Christian Style
  • 6 Medieval Rhetoric and the Art of Simplicity
  • 7 Regenerate Art: The Major Reformers
  • 8 Renaissance Plainness: Sources, Contexts, and Uses
  • 9 Spiritual Rhetoric and the English Reformation
  • Epilogue: Decline and Transformation
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • IndexA
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Z

Similar Items