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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781357903321

Autore

Ramus Petrus <1515-1572.>

Titolo

Arguments in rhetoric against Quintilian [[electronic resource] ] : translation and text of Peter Ramus's Rhetoricae distinctiones in Quintilianum (1549) / / translated by Carole Newlands ; edited by James J. Murphy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale [Ill.], : Southern Illinois University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-280-69682-6

9786613673787

0-8093-8614-3

Edizione

[Pbk. ed. with updated bibliography.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Collana

Landmarks in rhetoric and public address

Altri autori (Persone)

NewlandsCarole Elizabeth

MurphyJames Jerome

Disciplina

808.5/1

Soggetti

Rhetoric

Oratory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: DeKalb, Ill. : Northern Illinois University Press, 1986.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; Major Events in the Life of Peter Ramus; Introduction: Notes; Introduction: Bibliography; Translation; The Text; Index to Introduction; Author Bio; Also in the Landmarks in Rhetoric and Public Address Series; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1986, this book offers the Latin text and English translation of a pivotal work by one of the most influential and controversial writers of early modern times. Pierre de la RameĢe, better known as Peter Ramus, was a college instructor in Paris who published a number of books attacking and attempting to refute foundational texts in philosophy and rhetoric. He began in the early 1540's with books on Aristotle-which were later banned and burned-and Cicero, and later, in 1549, he published Rhetoricae Distinctiones in Quintilianum.  The purpose of Ramus's book