The Concept of Conversation: From Cicero's Sermo to the Grand Siècle's Conversation

ISBN-13: 9781474430104 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 272 str.

David Randall

Opis

The Concept of Conversation' traces the way the rise of conversation spread out from the history of rhetoric to include the histories of friendship, the court and the salon, the Republic of Letters, periodical press and women.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The Classic Origins of Conversation; 2. The Medieval Reformulations of Conversation; 3. The Renaissance of Conversation; 4. Intimate Friendship; 5. Court, Salon, and Republic of Letters; 6. Letters; 7. Sociabilitas; Conclusion.