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Pretexts of Authority: The Rhetoric of Authorship in the Renaissance Preface
Kevin Dunn
Pretexts of Authority: The Rhetoric of Authorship in the Renaissance Preface
Kevin Dunn
Dunn describes the Renaissance rhetoric of authorship and authority by examining the locus where it appears in its most concentrated form--the preface. He shows how the notion of authorship changed in the shifts to the modern public sphere and from religion to science as legitimizing authorship.
216 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | May 1, 1994 |
ISBN13 | 9780804722841 |
Publishers | Stanford University Press |
Pages | 216 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 23 mm · 412 g |