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The Rhetoric of Numbers in Gibbon's History

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Gibbon's History is one of the great master-narratives in the Western tradition. This book examines the ways in which Gibbon uses numbers: not only as historical evidence, for informational purposes, but to persuade (and sometimes to amuse), through the creation of a narrative voice that is at once authoritative and personal.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781611494167
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 224
  • Udgivet:
  • 27. september 2012
  • Størrelse:
  • 159x233x22 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 476 g.
  • Ukendt - mangler pt..

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Gibbon's History is one of the great master-narratives in the Western tradition. This book examines the ways in which Gibbon uses numbers: not only as historical evidence, for informational purposes, but to persuade (and sometimes to amuse), through the creation of a narrative voice that is at once authoritative and personal.

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