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Principles of Letter-Writing

Principles of Letter-Writing A Bilingual Text of Justi Lipsi Epistolica Institutio - The Library of Renaissance Humanism

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Hardback (30 Mar 1996)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Lipsius (1547-1606) was a 16th century humanist, scholar errant, and prolific correspondent who sought to reclaim the concept of letter-writing that had died during the Dark and Middle Ages. Here, he describes the serious, the learned, and the familiar letter, as well as such topics as conversational style, clarity, two kinds of simplicity, eleganc

Book information

ISBN: 9780809319589
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Imprint: Southern Illinois University Press
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition
DEWEY: 808.6
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 76
Weight: 340g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 15mm