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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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Randall, David, 1972- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The classic origins of conversation
  • The medieval reformulations of conversation
  • The Renaissance of conversation
  • Intimate friendship
  • Court, Salon, and republic of letters
  • Letters
  • Sociabilitas.