Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction. Rediscovering Style 1
5. Chapter 1. A Rhetoric of Intimacy in Antiquity 11
6. Chapter 2. A Rhetoric and Hermeneutics of Intimacy in Petrarch’s Familiares 49
7. Chapter 3. Familiaritas in Erasmian Rhetoric and Hermeneutics 73
8. Chapter 4. Reading and Writing Intimately in Montaigne’s Essais 96
9. Conclusion. Rediscovering Individuality 119
10. Bibliography of Secondary Sources 125
11. Index 145