The aim of this collection is to illustrate the pervasive influence of
humanist rhetoric on early-modern literature and philosophy. The first
half of the book focuses on the classical rules of judicial rhetoric.
One chapter considers the place of these rules in Shakespeare's The
Merchant of Venice, while two others concentrate on the technique of
rhetorical redescription, pointing to its use in Machiavelli's The
Prince as well as in several of Shakespeare's plays, notably
Coriolanus. The second half of the book examines the humanist
background to the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. A major new essay
discusses his typically humanist preoccupation with the visual
presentation of his political ideas, while other chapters explore the
rhetorical sources of his theory of persons and personation, thereby
offering new insights into his views about citizenship, political
representation, rights and obligations and the concept of the state.
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ISBN
9781108656214
Publisert
2018
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Cambridge University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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