This authoritative anthology will put to rest the general impression thattraditional rhetoric had little impact during the years between the death of St.Augustine and Bracciolini's rediscovery of Quintilian. Although little was added tothe corpus of material called rhetoric, this discipline nonetheless played animportant part as it was brought to bear on new areas of practical need. Bypresenting 36 rhetorical treatises -- many translated into English for the firsttime -- from nearly every century of the period 430 to 1416 A.D., the editors makeclear the diversity of interest as well as the continuity of approach that markedthe rhetoric of the Middle Ages. Less
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