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Rhetorics of Reason and Desire: Vergil, Augustine, and the Troubadours
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from Cornell Univ Pr (July 1, 1988)
9780801421297 | details & prices | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $57.95
About: 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.