The concept of conversation : from Cicero's Sermo to the Grand Siècle's conversation /

In the classical period, conversation referred to real conversations, conducted in the leisure time of noble men, and concerned with indefinite philosophical topics. Christianity inflected conversation with universal aspirations during the medieval centuries and the ars dictaminis, the art of letter...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Randall, David, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Conversation > History.
Conversation analysis.
Conversation in literature.
Conversation > Histoire.
Analyse de la conversation.
Conversation dans la littérature.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Interpersonal Relations.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Conversation in literature
Conversation analysis
Conversation
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The classic origins of conversation
  • The medieval reformulations of conversation
  • The Renaissance of conversation
  • Intimate friendship
  • Court, Salon, and republic of letters
  • Letters
  • Sociabilitas.

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