Renaissance Argument

Valla and Agricola in the Traditions of Rhetoric and Dialectic
Erscheinungsjahr 1993
ISBN: 978-90-04-09879-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 43, 398 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 857 g

Reihe: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History

This book presents a new interpretation of the two most innovative renaissance works on the use of language, Lorenzo Valla's Repastinatio dialecticae et philosophiae (1439) and Rudolph Agricola's De inventione dialectica (1479). Mack attempts to find a path through the controversies which have recently raged around Valla's work, acknowledging the originality and skill of his attack on Aristotelian logic metaphysics, but recognizing the inconsistency (and even the Aristotelianism) of his alternative system. Mack provides the first full commentary on Agricola's work in modern times, establishing its originality and coherence. Far from being a mere popularisation of Valla, De inventione dialectica turns out to be one of the great texts of the Western rhetorical tradition. The book concludes with a survey of Agricola's influence on rhetorical thinking and practices of reading and writing, through print, the educational system, and such intermediaries as Erasmus, Vives, Melanchthon and Ramus.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mack, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Mack was educated at Oxford and the Warburg Institute. He has published numerous articles on renaissance rhetoric, and has edited England and the Continental Renaissance (1990) and Renaissance Rhetoric (1993). He organizes the British section of the ISHR and lectures in English and Comparative Literature at Warwick.