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Rhetoric and Courtliness in Early Modern Literature

Rhetoric and Courtliness in Early Modern Literature
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This book explores the early modern interest in conversation. Conversation was widely accepted to have been inspired by the philosopher Cicero. Recognising his influence on courtesy literature - the main source for 'civil conversation' - Jennifer Richards uncovers new ways of thinking about humanism as a project of linguistic and social reform.
Cambridge University Press; May 2003
220 pages; ISBN 9780511056000
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9780521824705
9780511056000
0511056001