| Rhetoric and the Early Royal Society: A Sourcebook Contributor(s): Skouen, Tina (Editor), Stark, Ryan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004283692 ISBN-13: 9789004283695 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $166.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Renaissance - Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Semantics |
| Dewey: 808.042 |
| LCCN: 2014034769 |
| Series: Scholarly Communication |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.3" W x 9.4" (1.23 lbs) 290 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Royal Society's establishment in 1660 signaled a new beginning for the rhetoric of science, mainly because the organization's founders advocated a modern plain style for scientific communication. Rhetoric and the Early Royal Society aims to initiate fresh debates about this watershed event in the history of rhetoric and science. In the last twenty years, scholars in numerous disciplines have produced significant work, ranging from theoretical essays to case studies of founding members such as Wilkins, Hooke and Boyle. This is the first book to collect in one volume the key contributions. The newly written introduction by editors Skouen and Stark places the reprinted essays into perspective by evaluating the Society's pioneering role in shaping modern scholarly communication. |
