"Classical Rhetoric in English, 1650-1800 features English translations of the era's most cherished Greek and Roman orators, rhetorical philosophers, and rhetorical critics. The publication history reveals how a distinctive British canon emerged from selected works by Plato, Isocrates, Dem...

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1. Verfasser:	Smith, Tania S. 1969- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Leiden ; Boston Brill [2021]
Schriftenreihe:	International studies in the history of rhetoric volume 14
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1650-1800 Übersetzung Latein Rhetorik Englisch Griechisch Rhetoric, Ancient Rhetoric, Ancient / History English language / Rhetoric / History / 18th century Translating and interpreting / England / History / 18th century Greek language / Translating into English / History Latin language / Translating into English / History Classical languages / Influence on English
Online-Zugang:	BSB01 URL des Erstveröffentlichers
Zusammenfassung:	"Classical Rhetoric in English, 1650-1800 features English translations of the era's most cherished Greek and Roman orators, rhetorical philosophers, and rhetorical critics. The publication history reveals how a distinctive British canon emerged from selected works by Plato, Isocrates, Demosthenes, Aristotle, Theophrastus, Cicero, Seneca, Quintilian, Tacitus and Longinus. Works by these ten authors, especially Cicero and Longinus, were widely disseminated, becoming key texts in the formation of British rhetorical culture. At the core of the volume, annotated selections offer the twenty-first century reader a sampling of these classical rhetorical works in translation. The glossary of rhetorical criticism elucidates the now archaic meanings of words that enabled citizens to communicate their moral and rhetorical taste"--
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (X, 698 Seiten)
ISBN:	9789004442290
DOI:	10.1163/9789004442290