Carole Newlands’s excellent translation—the first in modern English—remains the standard English version. This volume also provides the original Latin text for comparative purposes. In addition, James J. Murphy’s insightful introduction places the text in historical perspective by discussing Ramus’s life and career, the development of his ideas, and the milieu in which his writings were produced. This edition includes an updated bibliography of works concerning Ramus, rhetoric, and related topics.
Carole Newlands, the author of Statius’ Siluae and the Poetics of Empire, teaches in the classics department at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
James J. Murphy, the author of several pioneering studies on the history of rhetoric, is a professor emeritus at the University of California, Davis.