Rhetoric of Numbers in Gibbon''s History

Informationen zum Autor F. P. Lock is professor of English at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada.  Klappentext Gibbon's History is one of the great master-narratives in the Western tradition. This book examines the ways in which Gibbon uses numbers: not only as historical evidence, for informational purposes, but to persuade (and sometimes to amuse), through the creation of a narrative voice that is at once authoritative and personal. Zusammenfassung Gibbon’s History is one of the great master-narratives in the Western tradition. This book examines the ways in which Gibbon uses numbers: not only as historical evidence, for informational purposes, but to persuade (and sometimes to amuse), through the creation of a narrative voice that is at once authoritative and personal.

Product details

• Authors: F. P. Lock, F P Lock, F. P. Lock, Lock F. P.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.09.2012
• EAN: 9781611494167
• ISBN: 978-1-61149-416-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; English, History: theory & methods, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, HISTORY / Study & Teaching, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, History: theory and methods, Literary Studies;Theory