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On rhetoric : a theory of civic discourse / newly translated, with introduction, notes, and appendixes by George A. Kennedy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1991Description: xvi, 335 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0195064879
  • 9780195064872
  • 0195064860
  • 9780195064865
Uniform titles:
  • Rhetoric. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.5
LOC classification:
  • PN173.A7 K46 1991
Contents:
A. Aristotle's life and works -- B. Rhetoric before Aristotle -- C. Aristotle's classification of rhetoric -- D. Aristotle's original audience and his audience today -- E. The strengths and limitations of On rhetoric -- F. Chapter-by-chapter outline of On rhetoric -- Book 1 : Pisteis, or the means of persuasion in public address -- Book 2 : Pisteis, or the means of persuasion in public address (continued) -- Book 3 : delivery, style, and arrangement -- App. I. Supplementary texts -- A. Gorgias' Encomium of Helen -- B. Socrates' critique of Sophistic rhetoric -- C. Lysias' speech Against the grain dealers -- D. Introduction to dialectic from Aristotle, Topics 1.1-3 -- E. Two selections from Isocrates -- F. Selections from Rhetoric for Alexander -- G. On word choice and metaphor from Aristotle's Poetics -- H. Demosthenes' Third Philippic -- App. II. Supplementary essays -- A. The earliest rhetorical handbooks -- B. The history of the text after Aristotle.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-327) and index.

A. Aristotle's life and works -- B. Rhetoric before Aristotle -- C. Aristotle's classification of rhetoric -- D. Aristotle's original audience and his audience today -- E. The strengths and limitations of On rhetoric -- F. Chapter-by-chapter outline of On rhetoric -- Book 1 : Pisteis, or the means of persuasion in public address -- Book 2 : Pisteis, or the means of persuasion in public address (continued) -- Book 3 : delivery, style, and arrangement -- App. I. Supplementary texts -- A. Gorgias' Encomium of Helen -- B. Socrates' critique of Sophistic rhetoric -- C. Lysias' speech Against the grain dealers -- D. Introduction to dialectic from Aristotle, Topics 1.1-3 -- E. Two selections from Isocrates -- F. Selections from Rhetoric for Alexander -- G. On word choice and metaphor from Aristotle's Poetics -- H. Demosthenes' Third Philippic -- App. II. Supplementary essays -- A. The earliest rhetorical handbooks -- B. The history of the text after Aristotle.

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