Figuring Style: The Legacy of Renaissance Rhetoric

by Nancy L Christiansen and Nancy L. Christiansen

Nancy L. Christiansen provides a broad and deep introduction to the discussion of rhetorical stylistic instruction in the English Renaissance. She argues that most contemporary characterizations of Renaissance stylistic theory are reductions obscuring the comprehensive composing and reading method taught by Renaissance rhetoricians. At the core of her discussion is the concept of figures, and Christiansen traces the nomenclature of the figures...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611172403
• ISBN13: 9781611172409
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 652 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"