The Epic Rhetoric of Tasso Theory and Practice |
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| Author:
| Gunsberg, Maggie |
| ISBN: | 978-1-900755-05-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1998 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $73.95 |
Book Description:
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The author examines the (poetica) and (poesia) of Torquatto Tasso (1544-95) in the context of the historical and cultural climate in which he lived. His epic theory is explored from the point of view of the three rhetorical faculities current in 16th-Century poetics: (inventio, dispositio) and (elocutio.
The author examines the (poetica) and (poesia) of Torquatto Tasso (1544-95) in the context of the historical and cultural climate in which he lived. His epic theory is explored from the point of view of the three rhetorical faculities current in 16th-Century poetics: (inventio, dispositio) and (elocutio.