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From humanism to Hobbes : studies in rhetoric and politics / Quentin Skinner (Queen Mary University of London).
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) B1247 .S545 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Skinner, Quentin, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679--Criticism and interpretation.
- Hobbes, Thomas.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Coriolanus.
- Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527. Principe.
- Machiavelli, Niccolò.
- Coriolanus (Shakespeare, William).
- Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William).
- Principe (Machiavelli, Niccolò).
- Humanism in literature.
- Rhetoric.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 432 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- The 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 Shakespeare's plays, notably Coriolanus. The second half of the book examines the humanist background to the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. A major new essay discusses his typically humanist preoccupation with the visual presentation of his political ideas, while other chapters explore the rhetorical sources of his theory of persons and personation, thereby offering new insights into his views about citizenship, political representation, rights and obligations and the concept of the state.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-422) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781107128859
- 1107128854
- 1107569362
- 9781107569362
- OCLC:
- 1021036638
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