Thomas Elyot: Critical Editions of Four Works on Counsel - The Doctrinal of Princes, Pasquill the Playne, of That Knowlage Whiche Maketh a Wise Man, and the Defence of Good Women

This volume provides the first critical editions of four works on counsel by the distinguished Tudor humanist, Thomas Elyot (1490-1546). Included with the texts are critical introductions, textual variants, substantive notes, and a general introduction to Elyot's life.

About the author

Robert Sullivan, Ph.D. Communication 1999, is an Associate Professor in the Communication Studies Department, Ithaca College. He has published widely on Classical rhetoric, argumentation theory, and propaganda.

Arthur Walzer, Ph.D. English, 1976, is Professor Emeritus, Communication Studies Department, University of Minnesota. He has published a book on George Campbell, numerous essays on the rhetorical tradition, and co-edited two collections, on Aristotle's Rhetoric and on the rhetorical tradition.

Product details

• Assisted by: Arthur E Walzer (Editor), Arthur E. Walzer (Editor), Robert G Sullivan (Editor), Robert G. Sullivan (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2018
• EAN: 9789004365100
• ISBN: 978-90-04-36510-0
• No. of pages: 420
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 236 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 739 g
• Series: International Studies in the H
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies