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In this absorbing and very personal journey, Kleine (rhetoric and writing, U. of Arkansas, Little Rock) seeks Brunetto Latini, a proponent of Ciceronian rhetoric. Although Kleine finds Latini singularly relevant to contemporary teaching of writing, Latini is generally remembered, if he is at all, as the teacher of Dante. Kleine finds Latini's earthly traces in the civic writing of the exile, in Dante's bad treatment of his master, in translations of Latini, and in the preservation of his manuscripts and reputation by unlikely heroes. Kleine's journey is marked by his growth as a scholar and writer as he is tutored in orality, literacy, rhetoric and teaching by Latini from seven centuries away. The result is a gentle narrative of growth and discovery. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
