Rhetoric and Renaissance Culture
| Author | : Heinrich F. Plett |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
| Total Pages | : 600 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9783110174618 |
| ISBN-13 | : 3110174618 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (618 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Rhetoric and Renaissance Culture by : Heinrich F. Plett
Download or read book Rhetoric and Renaissance Culture written by Heinrich F. Plett and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2004 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Main description: The volume presents a cultural history of renaissance rhetoric with special emphasis on literary theory with its aspects of imagination (inventio), generictheory (dispositio), style (elocutio), mnemonic architecture (memoria), representation (actio) (with Shakespeare's works as illustrations). Special attention is given to the intermedial rhetoric of painting and music and the rhetorical ideology of culture.
