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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786374303321

Autore

Tebeaux Elizabeth

Titolo

The emergence of a tradition [[electronic resource] ] : technical writing in the English Renaissance, 1475-1640 / / Elizabeth Tebeaux

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amityville, N.Y., : Baywood Pub. Co., c1997

ISBN

1-315-22356-2

0-89503-498-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Collana

Baywood's Technical Communications Series

Disciplina

808/.0666

Soggetti

Technical correspondence - England - History

English prose literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism

Technical writing - History

Renaissance - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""The Emergence of a Tradition: Technical Writing in the English Renaissance, 1475�1640""; ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Chapter 1 In Search of Our Past""; ""Chapter 2 The Rise of Technical Writing in the English Renaissance""; ""Chapter 3 Format and Page Design in English Renaissance Technical Books:Early RecognitionofReaderContext andLiteracyLeve1""; ""Chapter 4 Renaissance Technical Books and Their Audiences:Writers Respond to Readers ""

""Chapter 5 English Renaissance Technical Writing and the Emergence ofPlain Style: Toward a New Theory of the Development ofModem English Prose""""Chapter 6 From Orality to Textuality: Technical Description and theEmergence of Visual and Verbal Presentation""; ""Chapter 7 The Legacy of English Renaissance Technical Writing:New Perspectives on Basic Rhetorical Issues""; ""Selected Titles from Baywood�s Technical Communications Series""