The Rhetoric of Numbers in Gibbon's History

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British
Cover of the book The Rhetoric of Numbers in Gibbon's History by F. P. Lock, University of Delaware Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: F. P. Lock ISBN: 9781611494174
Publisher: University of Delaware Press Publication: September 28, 2012
Imprint: University of Delaware Press Language: English
Author: F. P. Lock
ISBN: 9781611494174
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Publication: September 28, 2012
Imprint: University of Delaware Press
Language: English

Gibbon aspired to combine the critical analysis of the eighteenth-century philosophe with the older traditions of the humanist and scholarly historian. His different uses of numbers, to inform and to persuade, illustrate his remarkable fusion of these approaches. This book, the first to be devoted to a historian’s use of numbers, shows how carefully Gibbon interrogated and deployed the numerical evidence in his sources to create a more accurate historical narrative; to demonstrate his own reliability and candor as a historian; and to convince readers of the validity of his interpretations of characters and events.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Gibbon aspired to combine the critical analysis of the eighteenth-century philosophe with the older traditions of the humanist and scholarly historian. His different uses of numbers, to inform and to persuade, illustrate his remarkable fusion of these approaches. This book, the first to be devoted to a historian’s use of numbers, shows how carefully Gibbon interrogated and deployed the numerical evidence in his sources to create a more accurate historical narrative; to demonstrate his own reliability and candor as a historian; and to convince readers of the validity of his interpretations of characters and events.

More books from University of Delaware Press

Cover of the book The Representation of the Struggling Artist in America, 1800–1865 by F. P. Lock
Cover of the book Rough Draft by F. P. Lock
Cover of the book Freedom and Dialogue in a Polarized World by F. P. Lock
Cover of the book Reversing Babel by F. P. Lock
Cover of the book Odyssey of a Bombardier by F. P. Lock
Cover of the book Violet Oakley by F. P. Lock
Cover of the book Literary Sociability in Early Modern England by F. P. Lock
Cover of the book Essays in Memory of Richard Helgerson by F. P. Lock
Cover of the book The Royal Financial Administration and the Prosecution of Crime in France, 1670–1789 by F. P. Lock
Cover of the book Early Modern Drama in Performance by F. P. Lock
Cover of the book New Essays on Samuel Johnson by F. P. Lock
Cover of the book Edgar Allan Poe by F. P. Lock
Cover of the book Defiant Diplomat by F. P. Lock
Cover of the book The Ghostly and the Ghosted in Literature and Film by F. P. Lock
Cover of the book The Theatre Career of Thomas Arne by F. P. Lock
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy