Silvia Pireddu, A never writer to an ever reader : News language in Elizabethan prose dedications and prefaces, in M.Gotti, N.Brownlees (eds.), News Discourse in Early Modern Britain

Silvia Pireddu

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Abstract

The volume contains a selection of papers presented at the Conference on Historical News Discourse (CHINED) held in Florence (Italy) on 2-3 September 2004, organized by Nicholas Brownlees (University of Florence) and Patrick Studer (University of Limerick). The aim of the conference was to provide a springboard from which to launch a discussion of recent research in the field of news discourse in Early Modern Britain.The article examines how and to what extent the rhetoric of Elizabethan prose prefaces and dedications may be viewed as a vehicle of news.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNews Discourse in Early Modern Britain
EditorsMaurizio Gotti, Nicholas Brownlees
Pages219-234
Number of pages16
Publication statusPublished - 2006

Publication series

NameLINGUISTIC INSIGHTS

Keywords

  • Early Modern English
  • Historical linguistics
  • News
  • Rhetoric

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