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OverviewThroughout the European Renaissance, authors famous and obscure debated the nature, goals and value of rhetoric. This collection of 25 annotated texts includes works by, among others, Petrarch, Erasmus, Ramus and Bacon' Full Product DetailsAuthor: Wayne A. Rebhorn , Wayne A. RebhornPublisher: Cornell University Press Imprint: Cornell University Press Edition: Annotated edition Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.907kg ISBN: 9780801430084ISBN 10: 0801430089 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 22 December 1999 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsRebhorn has chosen and edited his texts carefully in order to highlight the scope of Renaissance debate about the usefulness and role of rhetoric in society... The volume introduces its reader to a broad field of Renaissance conceptions of rhetoric and is a valuable resource for political, literary, philosophical, and theological scholars alike... The range of texts edited and translated here, along with Rebhorn's meticulous detailing of the textual history or each selection, make Renaissance Rebates on Rhetoric an excellent starting point for any examination of this subject. --Parergon Journal Scholars have long understood that the Renaissance culture was defined by its virtual obsession with rhetoric, but many of the crucial texts have not been easily accessible or available in English translation. Wayne Rebhorn's valuable book now makes it possible for a wide range of readers to understand the key arguments that shaped fields as diverse as education, politics, philosophy, theology, and literature. --Stephen Greenblatt, Harry Levin Professor of Literature, Harvard University Renaissance Debates on Rhetoric provides a rich, complex, and wide-ranging overview of a discipline that for centuries occupied the center of intellectual and literary culture in the West. --Debora Shuger, UCLA Everyone interested in the Renaissance should be interested in this splendid collection of primary sources dealing with rhetoric--a core subject for the period. --James J. Murphy, University of California, Davis Rebhorn's introduction explains clearly which of rhetoric's many faces he is attempting to illuminate and his selections are judicious and sensible in reference to his stated goals... This is a much-needed anthology, and Rebhorn is to be commended for producing it. --Neo-Latin News Scholars have long understood that the Renaissance culture was defined by its virtual obsession with rhetoric, but many of the crucial texts have not been easily accessible or available in English translation. Wayne Rebhorn's valuable book now makes it possible for a wide range of readers to understand the key arguments that shaped fields as diverse as education, politics, philosophy, theology, and literature. --Stephen Greenblatt, Harry Levin Professor of Literature, Harvard University Renaissance Debates on Rhetoric provides a rich, complex, and wide-ranging overview of a discipline that for centuries occupied the center of intellectual and literary culture in the West. --Debora Shuger, UCLA Everyone interested in the Renaissance should be interested in this splendid collection of primary sources dealing with rhetoric--a core subject for the period. --James J. Murphy, University of California, Davis Rebhorn has chosen and edited his texts carefully in order to highlight the scope of Renaissance debate about the usefulness and role of rhetoric in society... The volume introduces its reader to a broad field of Renaissance conceptions of rhetoric and is a valuable resource for political, literary, philosophical, and theological scholars alike... The range of texts edited and translated here, along with Rebhorn's meticulous detailing of the textual history or each selection, make Renaissance Rebates on Rhetoric an excellent starting point for any examination of this subject. --Parergon Journal Rebhorn's introduction explains clearly which of rhetoric's many faces he is attempting to illuminate and his selections are judicious and sensible in reference to his stated goals... This is a much-needed anthology, and Rebhorn is to be commended for producing it. --Neo-Latin News Everyone interested in the Renaissance should be interested in this splendid collection of primary sources dealing with rhetoric--a core subject for the period. --James J. Murphy, University of California, Davis Rebhorn's introduction explains clearly which of rhetoric's many faces he is attempting to illuminate and his selections are judicious and sensible in reference to his stated goals... This is a much-needed anthology, and Rebhorn is to be commended for producing it. --Neo-Latin News Scholars have long understood that the Renaissance culture was defined by its virtual obsession with rhetoric, but many of the crucial texts have not been easily accessible or available in English translation. Wayne Rebhorn's valuable book now makes it possible for a wide range of readers to understand the key arguments that shaped fields as diverse as education, politics, philosophy, theology, and literature. --Stephen Greenblatt, Harry Levin Professor of Literature, Harvard University Renaissance Debates on Rhetoric provides a rich, complex, and wide-ranging overview of a discipline that for centuries occupied the center of intellectual and literary culture in the West. --Debora Shuger, UCLA Rebhorn has chosen and edited his texts carefully in order to highlight the scope of Renaissance debate about the usefulness and role of rhetoric in society... The volume introduces its reader to a broad field of Renaissance conceptions of rhetoric and is a valuable resource for political, literary, philosophical, and theological scholars alike... The range of texts edited and translated here, along with Rebhorn's meticulous detailing of the textual history or each selection, make Renaissance Rebates on Rhetoric an excellent starting point for any examination of this subject. --Parergon Journal Renaissance Debates on Rhetoric provides a rich, complex, and wide-ranging overview of a discipline that for centuries occupied the center of intellectual and literary culture in the West. --Debora Shuger, UCLA Rebhorn has chosen and edited his texts carefully in order to highlight the scope of Renaissance debate about the usefulness and role of rhetoric in society... The volume introduces its reader to a broad field of Renaissance conceptions of rhetoric and is a valuable resource for political, literary, philosophical, and theological scholars alike... The range of texts edited and translated here, along with Rebhorn's meticulous detailing of the textual history or each selection, make Renaissance Rebates on Rhetoric an excellent starting point for any examination of this subject. --Parergon Journal Scholars have long understood that the Renaissance culture was defined by its virtual obsession with rhetoric, but many of the crucial texts have not been easily accessible or available in English translation. Wayne Rebhorn's valuable book now makes it possible for a wide range of readers to understand the key arguments that shaped fields as diverse as education, politics, philosophy, theology, and literature. --Stephen Greenblatt, Harry Levin Professor of Literature, Harvard University Everyone interested in the Renaissance should be interested in this splendid collection of primary sources dealing with rhetoric--a core subject for the period. --James J. Murphy, University of California, Davis Rebhorn's introduction explains clearly which of rhetoric's many faces he is attempting to illuminate and his selections are judicious and sensible in reference to his stated goals... This is a much-needed anthology, and Rebhorn is to be commended for producing it. --Neo-Latin News Author InformationWayne A. Rebhorn is Celanese Centennial Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of several books, including The Emperor of Men's Minds: Literature and the Renaissance Discourse of Rhetoric, also from Cornell. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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