Persuading a Feminine Audience?: Gratuitous Invective Apostrophe in Juan Luis Vives' 'on the Education of a Christian Woman'

Juan Luis Vives' treatise on educating women discloses liberal use of a harsh device here labelled the 'gratuitous invective apostrophe,' which assumes, with or without warrant, the edified female's guilt. The occurrences of this device, which abandons the diplomacy that commonly...

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Published in:Scholia : Natal studies in classical antiquity 1996-01, Vol.5 (1), p.94-111
Main Author: George, Edward V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Audiences
Biography
Christian women
Conduct of life
Early works
Education
Females
Persuasion
Philosophers
Women
Young adults
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Summary:Juan Luis Vives' treatise on educating women discloses liberal use of a harsh device here labelled the 'gratuitous invective apostrophe,' which assumes, with or without warrant, the edified female's guilt. The occurrences of this device, which abandons the diplomacy that commonly characterizes Vives' other persuasive pieces and his rhetorical theory, bear interpretation as admonitions supplied to male and female preceptors, who can supplement persuasion of women with compulsion.
ISSN:1018-9017
2253-2331