Robert Burton's rhetoric an anatomy of early modern knowledge

A monstrous anatomy -- Burton's anatomy : genres as species and spaces -- The Anatomy of melancholy and early modern medicine -- Burton, rhetoric, and the shapes of thought -- Translingualism : the philologist as language broker -- The Anatomy of melancholy and transdisciplinary rhetoric.

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1. Verfasser: Wells, Susan (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: University Park, Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania State University Press 2019
Schriftenreihe:The RSA series in transdisciplinary rhetoric
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Zusammenfassung:A monstrous anatomy -- Burton's anatomy : genres as species and spaces -- The Anatomy of melancholy and early modern medicine -- Burton, rhetoric, and the shapes of thought -- Translingualism : the philologist as language broker -- The Anatomy of melancholy and transdisciplinary rhetoric.
"Illustrates how Oxford scholar Robert Burton used the resources available to a seventeenth century academic: genres and languages, as well as academic disciplines such as medicine and rhetoric. Demonstrates how early modern practices of knowledge and persuasion can offer a model for transdisciplinary scholarship today"--
Beschreibung:xii, 211 Seiten
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ISBN:9780271084671
978-0-271-08467-1