Rhetoric and Natural History : Buffon in Polemical and Literary Context Paperback / softback
by Jeff Loveland
Part of the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series
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This book examines the rhetorical dimension of eighteenth-century natural history.
It focuses on the French naturalist and literary stylist Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon, author of the bestselling multi-volume Histoire naturelle (1749-1789).
Natural history as Buffon and his contemporaries knew it remains a fascinating object of study for its breadth, its cultural openness, and its disorderly energy.
Rhetoric here is understood as a set of techniques for attracting and persuading an audience.
As a contribution both to literary studies and to the history of science, Rhetoric and natural history adds to our understanding of the intellectual culture of the French Enlightenment.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:225 pages, 1 Illustration
- Publisher:Liverpool University Press
- Publication Date:01/03/2001
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- ISBN:9780729407472
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:225 pages, 1 Illustration
- Publisher:Liverpool University Press
- Publication Date:01/03/2001
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- ISBN:9780729407472
