Literary Language and Its Public in Late Latin Antiquity and in the Middle Ages |
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Author:
| Auerbach, Erich |
Translator:
| Manheim, Ralph |
Series title: | Bollingen Series (General) Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-691-02468-4 |
Publication Date: | Aug 1993 |
Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $94.99 |
Book Description:
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Tracing the transformations of classical Latin rhetoric from late antiquity to the modern era, this book explores the concerns such as: the historical and social contexts in which writings were received, and issues of aesthetics, semantics, stylistics, and sociology that anticipate the concerns of the new historicism.
Tracing the transformations of classical Latin rhetoric from late antiquity to the modern era, this book explores the concerns such as: the historical and social contexts in which writings were received, and issues of aesthetics, semantics, stylistics, and sociology that anticipate the concerns of the new historicism.