The rhetoric of the Reformation / Peter Matheson
- Author
- Matheson, Peter
- Published
- London ; New York : T & T Clark International, 2004.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 267 pages) : illustrations
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- Series
- Contents
- The emergence of a public opinion -- Andreas Karlstadt: a study in motivation -- Reformation dialogues -- Reformation language -- Reformation polemic -- The down-side of polemic -- Mediation and reconciliation: essays at colloquy -- Reformation rhetoric.
- Summary
- Peter Matheson has written the first study in English of the Reformation as a literary phenomenon. This book traces the first emergence of a 'public opinion' in European history. Using insights from social history, religion and literature, Professor Matheson explores the connection between the 'communal Reformation' and the outpouring of pamphlets in the early 1520's. These pamphlets helped to create a dynamic and subversive network of communication where language and structure were of equal importance. He also examines the relative strengths of polemical and dialogical approaches in winning adh.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780567068156 (electronic bk.)
0567068153 (electronic bk.)
1283192322
9781283192323
0567082385
9780567082381 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-262) and indexes.
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