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Rhetoricians

Rhetoric () is the art of persuasion, which along with grammar and logic (or dialectic), is one of the three ancient arts of discourse. Rhetoric aims to study the techniques writers or speakers utilize to inform, persuade, or motivate particular audiences in specific situations.

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Christine de Pizan

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Christine de Pizan (c1364-1430) who, according to Simone de Beauvoir, was the first woman to 'take up her pen in defence of her sex'.

8 June 2017

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Featuring: Helen Swift, Miranda Griffin, Marilynn Desmond

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Milton

Melvyn Bragg examines the literary and political career of the 17th century poet John Milton, examining work such as Paradise Lost as well as his role as propagandist during the English Civil War.

7 March 2002

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Featuring: John Carey, Lisa Jardine, Blair Worden

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