Häftad, Engelska, 2001
Rhetoric and Natural History
Buffon in Polemical and Literary Context
Del i serien Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment
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This book examines the rhetorical dimension of eighteenth-century natural history. It focuses on the French naturalist and literary stylist Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon, author of the bestselling multi-volume Histoire naturelle (1749-1789). Natural history as Buffon and his contemporaries knew it remains a fascinating object of study for its breadth, its cultural openness, and its disorderly energy. Rhetoric here is understood as a set of techniques for attracting and persuading an audience. As a contribution both to literary studies and to the history of science, Rhetoric and natural history adds to our understanding of the intellectual culture of the French Enlightenment.
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- Utgivningsdatum: 2001-03-01
- Mått: 156 x 234 x undefined mm
- Vikt: 450 g
- Format: Häftad
- Språk: Engelska
- Serie: Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment
- Antal sidor: 225
- Förlag: Voltaire Foundation
- ISBN: 9780729407472
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Jeff Loveland is a Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Utah Tech University. Much of his research concerns the history of encyclopedias, especially eighteenth-century European encyclopedias. His publications include The Early Britannica (1768-1803) (2009, co-edited with Frank A. Kafker) and The European Encyclopedia, from 1650 to the Twenty-First Century (2019).
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