The Art of Rhetoric (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781849021227)

"The Art of Rhetoric" is the earliest systematic work of rhetoric and literary criticism in the English. This work, which brought into English the procedures of Ciceronian rhetoric-invention, disposition, style, memory, and delivery-the core of the academic curriculum in Renaissance England, went through eight editions between 1553 and 1585. At the time, its appeal was both practical and academic. Today it gives a unique insight into the formal training of such authors as Shakespeare, Spenser, Jonson, and Milton.

Author: Thomas Wilson
ISBN-10: 1849021228
ISBN-13: 9781849021227
Publisher: Benediction Books
Language: English
Published: 09/28/2010
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d