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Author Spence, Sarah, 1954-

Title Figuratively speaking : rhetoric and culture from Quintilian to the Twin Towers / Sarah Spence.

Publication Info. London : Duckworth, 2007.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  P301 .S596 2007    Available  ---
Description 144 pages ; 24 cm.
Series Classical inter/faces
Classical inter/faces.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-140) and index.
Contents Weapons of mass creation : repetition versus replication -- Looking back : figures of speech and thought in the Roman world -- Dwelling on a point : rhetoric and love in the Middle Ages -- The chiastic page : the rhetoric of Montaigne's Essais.
Subject Rhetoric -- History.
Rhetoric.
History.
Rhetoric -- Philosophy.
Rhetoric -- Philosophy.
Latin language -- Figures of speech.
Latin language -- Figures of speech.
Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592. Essais.
Retorica.
Beeldspraak.
Bellettrie.
Klassieke oudheid.
Middeleeuwen.
ISBN 0715635131 paperback
9780715635131 paperback