Rhetoric and Natural History - Couverture souple

Jeff Loveland

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0729407470 ISBN 13 : 9780729407472

Editeur : Voltaire Foundation, 2001

Synopsis

"Rhetoric and Natural History: Buffon in Polemical and Literary Context (Studies on Voltaire & the Eighteenth Century)" // 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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Voltaire Foundation
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0729407470
• ISBN 13: 9780729407472
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 225