"Francesco Patrizi and the "Double Rhetoric
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4271655 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cesare Vasoli, John C Mclucas |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 539 |
| Publication date | 1983-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Literary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0028-6087 • E-ISSN: 1080-661X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/468701 |
| OpenAlex | W2323209906 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
period, it must be interpreted through the use of different registers of reading, always with the goal of culling not only its inevitable ambiguity but, even more, its deepest and most problematic meaning. It is a book which poses troubling questions at every step, questions which the author knowingly asks in a Socratic process of interrogation. He intends thereby to question the firm opinions of the culture of his era and to open discussion on Aristotle and Cicero, the two greatest auctoritates, on the specific topic of rhetorical theory. It is also a radical critique of the reduction of language to a mere instrument of political domination, and an attempt to find another form of discourse which will restore to it its powers of invention and its ability to create wonder
Art · Linguistics · Rhetoric · Sociology · Italian Literature and Culture · Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition · Philosophy · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |