TY - BOOK ID - 299122 TI - New chapters in the history of rhetoric AU - Pernot, Laurent AU - Brill PY - 2009 VL - 1 SN - 9789004175020 9004175024 9786612949593 9047428471 1282949594 9789047428473 PB - Leiden [etc.] Brill DB - UniCat KW - Literary rhetorics KW - Rhetoric KW - Rhétorique KW - History. KW - Histoire KW - Reasoning. KW - Rhetoric - History. KW - Rhetoric -- History. KW - Rhetoric. KW - Languages & Literatures KW - Literature - General KW - History KW - Rhétorique UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:299122 AB - This volume gathers over forty papers by leading scholars in the field of the history of rhetoric. It illustrates the current trends in this new area of research and offers a great richness of insights. The contributors are from fourteen different countries in Europe, America and Asia ; the majority of the papers are in English and French, some others in German, Italian, and Spanish. The texts and subjects covered include the Bible, Classical Antiquity, Medieval and Modern Europe, Chinese and Korean civilization, and the contemporary world. Word, speech, language and institutions are addressed from several points of view. One major topic, among many others, is Rhetoric and Religion. ER -