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008			190330b2018 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9781107128859
082			_a192 SKI-Q
100			_aSkinner, Quentin
245			_aFrom humanism to Hobbes : _bstudies in rhetoric and politics / _cQuentin Skinner
260			_aUnited Kingdom _bCambridge University Press _c2018
300			_a432 p.
365			_aGBP _b75.00.
500			_aThe aim of this collection is to illustrate the pervasive influence of humanist rhetoric on early-modern literature and philosophy. The first half of the book focuses on the classical rules of judicial rhetoric. One chapter considers the place of these rules in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, while two others concentrate on the technique of rhetorical redescription, pointing to its use in Machiavelli's The Prince as well as in several of Shakespeare's plays, notably Coriolanus. The second half of the book examines the humanist background to the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. A major new essay discusses his typically humanist preoccupation with the visual presentation of his political ideas, while other chapters explore the rhetorical sources of his theory of persons and personation, thereby offering new insights into his views about citizenship, political representation, rights and obligations and the concept of the state.
650			_aRhetoric
650			_aRhetoric--Political aspects
650			_aMerchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William)
650			_aCoriolanus (Shakespeare, William)
650			_aPrincipe (Machiavelli, Niccolò)
650			_aHobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679
650			_aHumanism in literature
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