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Francis Bacon and Renaissance Prose
Brian Vickers
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Description for Francis Bacon and Renaissance Prose
hardcover. The study is both analytical and historical: it isolates the major features of Bacon's style, and sets them in the context of Renaissance theory and practice. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 567. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Lacking dj, remains very good
The full study of Bacon as a writer, Dr Vickers takes into account the whole corpus of Bacon's work, in Latin as well as in English. His chief sources are the The Advancement of Learning and the Essays. His purpose is to reinstate Bacon as one of the supreme masters of English prose in a period which made rich use of all the expressive resources of the medium. The study is both analytical and historical: it isolates the major features of Bacon's style, and sets them in the context of Renaissance theory and practice. The features include the overall structure ... Read more
The full study of Bacon as a writer, Dr Vickers takes into account the whole corpus of Bacon's work, in Latin as well as in English. His chief sources are the The Advancement of Learning and the Essays. His purpose is to reinstate Bacon as one of the supreme masters of English prose in a period which made rich use of all the expressive resources of the medium. The study is both analytical and historical: it isolates the major features of Bacon's style, and sets them in the context of Renaissance theory and practice. The features include the overall structure ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1968
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521067096
SKU
KTS0036365
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99-1
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