Sacred rhetoric : the Christian grand style in the English Renaissance / by Debora K. Shuger
1988. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #443887
ISBN: 0691067368
Physical description: 300 pages. Contents: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE. THE CHARACTERS OF STYLE FROM ANTIQUITY THROUGH THE MIDDLE AGES -- CHAPTER TWO. THE HISTORY OF SACRED RHETORIC IN THE RENAISSANCE -- CHAPTER THREE. RHETORIC, SOPHISTIC, AND PHILOSOPHY: THE LEGITIMATION OF PASSIONATE DISCOURSE -- CHAPTER FOUR. HELLENISM AND HEBRAISM: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NON-CICERONIAN GRAND STYLE -- CHAPTER FIVE. GOD, SELF, AND PSYCHE: THE THEOLOGICAL BASES OF THE GRAND STYLE -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX. THE SEVEN IDEAS OF HERMOGENES -- GLOSSARY OF RHETORICAL TERMS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Backmatter. Subjects: English language Early modern, 1500-1700 Style. Rhetoric, Renaissance. Christian literature, English History and criticism. Classical languages Influence on English.
Price: €25.00