| Description |
xiv, 337 pages ; 21 cm |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-330) and index |
| Notes |
Translated from the Ancient Greek |
| Subject |
Aristotle. Rhetoric.
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Rhetoric -- Early works to 1800.
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| Author |
Kennedy, George A. (George Alexander), 1928-
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| LC no. |
2005055487 |
| ISBN |
9780195305098 paperback |
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0195305094 paperback |
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9780195305081 cased |
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0195305086 cased |
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