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Amatory Persuasion in Antiquity : Studies in Theory and Practice
by Gross, Nicolas P
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG-/VG- clean and tight but with light general shelf wear; boards slightly warped; owner's name/date on ffep (professor of class
- ISBN 10
- 0874132347
- ISBN 13
- 9780874132342
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About This Item
Newark, Delaware: University of Delaware Press, 1985. Hardcover. VG-/VG- clean and tight but with light general shelf wear; boards slightly warped; owner's name/date on ffep (professor of classics/art history). Black boards/gilt lettering. Purple dj with bw image and white lettering. 192 pp. with bw frontis. Explores the association between love and persuasion in the literature of antiquity by focusing on the historical development of rhetorical traditions integral to speeches of seduction, abandonment, and dilemma. Reveals the characteristics of 3 rhetorical traditions as well as changing literary tastes with the author's rhetorical perspective leading to new interpretations and insights into literary characters and their speeches. NOTE: This book has nothing to do with Baroness Gripenberg.
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- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 159348
- Title
- Amatory Persuasion in Antiquity : Studies in Theory and Practice
- Author
- Gross, Nicolas P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-/VG- clean and tight but with light general shelf wear; boards slightly warped; owner's name/date on ffep (professor of class
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0874132347
- ISBN 13
- 9780874132342
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press
- Place of Publication
- Newark, Delaware
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Literature Young and Old; Rhetoric; Amatory Persuasion ; Rhetoric; Amatory Persuasion ; ;
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