Rhetoric of exemplarity in early modern england, the
Auteur :
Ullyot, Michael
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780192849335
Date de publication :
3 mars 2022
Dimensions :
24,0 x 16,3 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
536 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book investigates the role of exemplarity as a rhetorical device in late Elizabethan and Jacobean literature and culture. Ullyot argues that exemplarity is driven by both reader and author, and that positive moral examples were presented as aspirational models in posthumous biography.