Robert Burton's rhetoric an anatomy of early modern knowledge / Susan Wells.
| Author/creator | Wells, Susan, 1947- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press [2019] |
| Description | xii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | The RSA series in transdisciplinary rhetoric RSA series in transdisciplinary rhetoric. ^A1368648 |
| Contents | A monstrous anatomy -- Burton's anatomy : genres as species and spaces -- The Anatomy of melancholy and early modern medicine -- Burton, rhetoric, and the shapes of thought -- Translingualism : the philologist as language broker -- The Anatomy of melancholy and transdisciplinary rhetoric. |
| Abstract | "Illustrates how Oxford scholar Robert Burton used the resources available to a seventeenth century academic: genres and languages, as well as academic disciplines such as medicine and rhetoric. Demonstrates how early modern practices of knowledge and persuasion can offer a model for transdisciplinary scholarship today"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-206) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019021361 |
| ISBN | 9780271084671 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |