Roger Ascham (1515 or 1516-1568) -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) --John Barton (circa 1610-1675) -- Thomas Blount (1618?-1679) -- Thomas Blundeville (1522-1606) -- John Bulwer (1606-1656) -- Charles Butler (circa 1560-1647) -- William Chappell (1582-1649) -- Angel Day (fl. 1583-1599 ) --Thomas Farnaby (1575?-1647) -- Dudley Fenner (1558?-1587?) -- Abraham Fleming (1552?-1607) -- Abraham Fraunce (circa 1560-1592 or 1593) -- William Fullwood (fl. 1568) -- John Jewel (1522-1571) -- Ralph Lever (circa 1527-1585) -- Henry Peacham the Elder (1547-1634) -- Henry Perri or Perry (1561-1617) - John Prideaux (1578-1650) -- Richard Rainolde (circa 1530-1606) -- Richard Sherry (1506-1551 or 1555) -- Richard Taverner (circa 1505-1575) -- Thomas Vicars (1591-1638) - John Wilkins (1614-1672) -- Thomas Wilson (1523 or 1524-1581) -- Continental European rhetoricians, 1400-1600, and their influence in Renaissance England.
Summary
Survey of British-born writers who produced texts on rhetoric or logic between 1500 and 1660. Provides biographies meant to serve students and scholars of British literature who require information on educators, theologians, and statesmen who influenced and shaped the rhetorical culture that produced great works of literature.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mi: Gale, 2007. Available via World Wide Web.
