Arguments in rhetoric against Quintilian [electronic resource] : translation and text of Peter Ramus's Rhetoricae distinctiones in Quintilianum (1549) / translated by Carole Newlands ; edited by James J. Murphy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramus, Petrus, 1515-1572.

Contributor:

Newlands, Carole Elizabeth.

Murphy, James Jerome.

Series:

Landmarks in rhetoric and public address.

Landmarks in rhetoric and public address

Standardized Title:

Rhetoricae distinctiones in Quintilianum. English & Latin

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhetoric--Early works to 1800.

Rhetoric.

Oratory--Early works to 1800.

Oratory.

Quintilian. Institutiones oratoriae.

Quintilian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Edition:

Pbk. ed. with updated bibliography.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale [Ill.] : Southern Illinois University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1986, this book offers the Latin text and English translation of a pivotal work by one of the most influential and controversial writers of early modern times. Pierre de la Ramée, better known as Peter Ramus, was a college instructor in Paris who published a number of books attacking and attempting to refute foundational texts in philosophy and rhetoric. He began in the early 1540's with books on Aristotle-which were later banned and burned-and Cicero, and later, in 1549, he published Rhetoricae Distinctiones in Quintilianum. The purpose of Ramus's book

Contents:

Cover; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; Major Events in the Life of Peter Ramus; Introduction: Notes; Introduction: Bibliography; Translation; The Text; Index to Introduction; Author Bio; Also in the Landmarks in Rhetoric and Public Address Series; Back Cover

Notes:

Originally published: DeKalb, Ill. : Northern Illinois University Press, 1986.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-69682-6

9786613673787

0-8093-8614-3

OCLC:

856870328