Search Results

Rhetoric and Courtliness in Early Modern Literature explores the early modern interest in conversation as a newly identified art. Conversation was widely accept

'Rhetoric, Women and Politics in Early Modern England' aims to transform the study of Renaissance rhetoric by redefining the relationship between gender, politi

The term 'rhetoric' describes the effective use of language, usually to persuade or influence. Frequently set up in opposition to 'truth' or 'plain speech', it

A major study of ideas of truth and falsehood in early modern England from the advent of the Reformation to the aftermath of the failed Gunpowder Plot.

This collection examines the widespread phenomenon of hypocrisy in literary, theological, political, and social circles in England during the years after the Re