Rhetorics of Reason and Desire: Vergil, Augustine, and the Troubadours

by Sarah Spence

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781501746291
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Publication date:	05/15/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	57 MB
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Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Sarah Spence is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at California State University, Long Beach.