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ISBN13: 9780879077754

Author: Peter Samsel

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From Humanism to Hobbes: Studies in Rhetoric and Politics Nancy Addison at one pointThe 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