A Ciceronian Sunburn A Tudor Dialogue on Humanistic Rhetoric and Civic Poetics |
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| Author:
| Armstrong, E. |
| Series title: | Studies in Rhetoric/Communication Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57003-614-9 |
| Publication Date: | May 2006 |
| Publisher: | University of South Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $44.95USD $44.95 |
Book Description:
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Reconsiders the complexion of Tudor poetics by demonstrating the ways in which poets and pedagogues appropriated the rhetorical brilliance of Cicero to inform their approaches to learning. The author asserts that the poetry of Spenser, Sidney, and their contemporaries reflects a fully developed understanding of Ciceronian rhetoric.
Reconsiders the complexion of Tudor poetics by demonstrating the ways in which poets and pedagogues appropriated the rhetorical brilliance of Cicero to inform their approaches to learning. The author asserts that the poetry of Spenser, Sidney, and their contemporaries reflects a fully developed understanding of Ciceronian rhetoric.