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Rhetoric, ethics and reading in the Renaissance 1
Author(s) -
Mack Peter
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
renaissance studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.117
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1477-4658
pISSN - 0269-1213
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-4658.2005.00083.x
Subject(s) - erasmus+ , rhetoric , the renaissance , reading (process) , grammar , rhetorical question , literature , art , sociology , philosophy , aesthetics , linguistics , art history
In the Renaissance, and particularly in Renaissance practices of reading, ethics and rhetoric worked together. Rhetorical techniques practised in the grammar school enabled Erasmus, Montaigne and Shakespeare to question moral commonplaces and develop new ethical perspectives.