The Emperor of Men's Minds : : Literature and the Renaissance Discourse of Rhetoric / / Wayne A. Rebhorn.

In a book that will change the way we read Renaissance rhetoric, Wayne A. Rebhorn shows that the issues at stake are not dialogue and debate but power and control. Looking closely at what rhetoricians themselves said about their art, Rebhorn explores the profound engagement of rhetoric with some of...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]
©1995
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Rhetoric and Society
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.) :; 4 b&w photographs
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations Used for Frequently Cited Works
  • Note on Translations and Quotations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Bound to Rule
  • 2. Rulers and Rebels
  • 3. Circe's Garden, Mercury's Rod
  • 4. Banish the Monsters
  • Bibliography of Works Consulted
  • Index