History of rhetoric, especially ancient and early modern; its impact on the theory and practice of literature in Europe between the late 14th and 16th centuries
An intellectual historian, David Lines has a varied international background, from his upbringing in Italy to his university studies in the USA (PhD in History, Harvard, 1997)
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