Emotion and the history of rhetoric in the Middle Ages /

Rhetoric is an engine of social discourse and the art charged with generating and swaying emotion. The history of rhetoric provides a continuous structure by which we can measure how emotions were understood, articulated and mobilized under various historical circumstances and social contracts. This...

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Main Author:	Copeland, Rita (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2021].
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Oxford studies in medieval literature and culture.
Subjects:	Rhetoric, Medieval > History and criticism. Emotions in literature. Literature, Medieval > History and criticism. Latin language > History. Latin literature > History and criticism. Latin literature, Medieval and modern > History and criticism.