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Rhetorics of Reason and Desire : Vergil, Augustine, and the Troubadours / Sarah Spence.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©1988Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501746291
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 873/.01 22
LOC classification:
  • PA6825 .S64 1988eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Desire and the Rhetorical Tradition -- PART ONE. The Rhetoric of Cupidity -- 1. Vergil's Orator -- 2. Juno's Desire -- PART TWO. The Hermeneutics of Charity -- 3. Augustine and the Reincorporation of Desire -- 4. Rhetorical Anxiety in Troubadour Lyric -- Conclusion: Legacy of the Divine Spark -- Notes -- Index
Summary: Rhetorics of Reason and Desire traces the appearance of rhetoric in key literary works from classical times to the Middle Ages, focusing on the reception and transformation of Ciceronian rhetoric in Vergil's Aeneid, Augustine's Confessions and On Christian Doctrine, and the lyrics of the early troubadours.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781501746291

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Desire and the Rhetorical Tradition -- PART ONE. The Rhetoric of Cupidity -- 1. Vergil's Orator -- 2. Juno's Desire -- PART TWO. The Hermeneutics of Charity -- 3. Augustine and the Reincorporation of Desire -- 4. Rhetorical Anxiety in Troubadour Lyric -- Conclusion: Legacy of the Divine Spark -- Notes -- Index

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Rhetorics of Reason and Desire traces the appearance of rhetoric in key literary works from classical times to the Middle Ages, focusing on the reception and transformation of Ciceronian rhetoric in Vergil's Aeneid, Augustine's Confessions and On Christian Doctrine, and the lyrics of the early troubadours.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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