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A companion to Greek rhetoric

This complete guide to ancient Greek rhetoric is exceptional both in its chronological range and the breadth of topics it covers. Traces the rise of rhetoric and its uses from Homer to Byzantium. Covers wider-ranging topics such as rhetoric's relationship to knowledge, ethics, religion, law, an...

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Group Author: Worthington, Ian
Published:
Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Series: Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Literature and culture
Subjects:
Rhetoric, Ancient > Handbooks, manuals, etc
Classical literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc. > Handbooks, manuals, etc
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek > History and criticism > Theory, etc. > Handbooks, manuals, etc
Oratory, Ancient > Handbooks, manuals, etc
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric
REFERENCE > Writing Skills
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing
Retorica
Grieks
Rhétorique ancienne > Guides, manuels, etc
Littérature ancienne > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc. > Guides, manuels, etc
Discours grecs > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc. > Guides, manuels, etc
Éloquence antique > Guides, manuels, etc
Rhetorik
Griechisch
Literatur
Antike
Kultur
Rhetoric, Ancient
Electronic books
Handbooks and manuals
Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470997161
Summary: This complete guide to ancient Greek rhetoric is exceptional both in its chronological range and the breadth of topics it covers. Traces the rise of rhetoric and its uses from Homer to Byzantium. Covers wider-ranging topics such as rhetoric's relationship to knowledge, ethics, religion, law, and emotion. Incorporates new material giving us fresh insights into how the Greeks saw and used rhetoric. Discusses the idea of rhetoric and examines the status of rhetoric studies, present and future. All quotations from ancient sources are translated into English.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xvi, 616 pages).
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 562-593) and index.
ISBN: 1405171936 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
9781405171939 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
9781405165570 (electronic bk.)
140516557X (electronic bk.)
9780470997161
0470997168
Access: University staff and students only. Requires University Computer Account login on and off-campus.
Index Number: PA3265
CLC: I545.06
Contents: Rhetorical questions / Edward Schiappa and Jim Hamm -- Modern interpretations of classical Greek rhetoric / Takis Poulakos -- Background and origins : oratory and rhetoric before the sophists / Michael Gagarin -- Gorgias the Sophist and early rhetoric / Jeroen A.E. Bons -- Alcidamas / Michael Edwards -- Isocrates / Terry L. Papillon -- Plato's rhetoric / Harvey Yunis -- The Rhetoric to Alexander / P. Chiron -- Aristotle's Art of rhetoric / W.W. Fortenbaugh -- Hellenistic rhetoric in theory and practice / John Vanderspoel -- The new world order : Greek rhetoric in Rome / Joy Connolly -- Rheto

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