| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 706 pages). |
| Series |
International studies in the history of rhetoric,
1875-1148 ;
volume 10
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International studies in the history of rhetoric ; v. 10.
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| Summary |
"Classical Rhetoric in the Middle Ages: The Medieval Rhetors and Their Art 400-1300, with Manuscript Survey to 1500 CE is a completely updated version of John Ward's much-used doctoral thesis of 1972, and is the definitive treatment of this fundamental aspect of medieval and rhetorical culture. It is commonly believed that medieval writers were interested only in Christian truth, not in Graeco-Roman methods of 'persuasion' to whatever viewpoint the speaker/writer wanted. Dr Ward, however, investigates the content of well over one thousand medieval manuscripts and shows that medieval writers were fully conscious of and much dependent upon Graeco-Roman rhetorical methods of persuasion. The volume then demonstrates why and to what purpose this use of classical rhetoric took place.-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Rhetoric Medieval and Modern -- The Ad Herennium and the Rhetorical Works of Cicero and Quintilian in Relation to the Rhetorical Interests of the Middle Ages -- The Textbooks and Rhetorical Instruction from Late Antiquity to the Eleventh Century -- The Textbooks and Rhetorical Instruction from the Later Eleventh to the Thirteenth Century. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Rhetoric, Medieval.
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Rhetoric, Ancient.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing. |
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric. |
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REFERENCE -- Writing Skills. |
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Rhetoric, Ancient |
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Rhetoric, Medieval |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Ward, John O., 1940- Classical Rhetoric in the Middle Ages. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018] 9789004368057 (DLC) 2018019426 |
| ISBN |
9004368078 (electronic book) |
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9789004368071 (electronic book) |
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9789004368057 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/9789004368071 |
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