J.L. Vives: de Ratione Dicendi

Juan Luis Vives' 1533 treatise on rhetoric, De ratione dicendi, is a highly original but largely neglected Renaissance Latin text. David Walker's critical edition, with introduction, facing translation and notes, is the first to appear in English.

About the author

David Walker, Ph.D. (2003), University of Melbourne, is an independent scholar who specialises in early modern history. He has previously published in The Journal of Ecclesiastical History (Cambridge).

Product details

• Authors: Juan Luis Vives
• Assisted by: David J Walker (Editor), David J. Walker (Editor), David J Walker (Translation), David J. Walker (Translation)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.11.2017
• EAN: 9789004354760
• ISBN: 978-90-04-35476-0
• No. of pages: 508
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 35 mm
• Weight: 845 g
• Series: Selected Works of Juan Luis Vi
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies