Enargeia in classical antiquity and the early modern age : the aesthetics of evidence

Plett, Heinrich F 2012 International studies in the history of rhetoric, 1865-1148 ( Serie ) Leiden ; Boston : Brill 9789004231184 | BRILL9789004231184 Abstract

The present study provides an extensive treatment of the topic of enargeia on the basis of the classical and humanist sources of its theoretical foundation. These serve as the basis for detailed analyses of verbal and pictorial works of the Classical Antiquity and the Early Modern Age.