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Sacred Rhetoric: The Christian Grand Style in the English Renaissance
Hardback
Main Details
Title |
Sacred Rhetoric: The Christian Grand Style in the English Renaissance
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Debora K. Shuger
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Series | Princeton Legacy Library |
Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:302 | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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Category/Genre | Literary studies - general Islam |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780691632636
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Classifications | Dewey:820.9382 |
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Audience | Tertiary Education (US: College) | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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Publication Date |
19 April 2016 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
"There are no studies of a sacred grand style in the English Renaissance," writes Debora Shuger, "because even according to its practitioners it was not supposed to exist." Yet the grand style forms the unacknowledged center of traditional rhetorical theory. In this first history of the grand style, Professor Shuger explores the growth of a Christi
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