An edition of Rhetoric
(2006)
Rhetoric
an historical introduction
by Wendy Olmsted
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Rhetoric: An Historical Introduction
June 1, 2006, Blackwell Publishing Limited
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Rhetoric: An Historical Introduction
June 1, 2006, Blackwell Publishing Limited
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Table of Contents
The rhetorician, demagogue or statesman? : Plato's Gorgias and Aristotle's Rhetoric
Invention, eloquence, and persuasion : Cicero's De oratore
Rhetoric and the search for God : Augustine's Christian doctrine and confessions
Practical reason or self-interested calculation? : Cicero's On duties and Machiavelli's Prince
Tradition and invention : Bacon's aphorisms and the essays
Deception, strong speech, and mild conversation in Milton's early prose and Paradise lost
Prudence and eloquence in Jane Austen's Persuasion
Literary criticism and rhetorical invention : Wayne C. Booth's The rhetoric of fiction and Stephen Greenblatt's Marvelous possessions
Persuasion, faction, and politics : Eugene Garver's For the sake of argument and Danielle S. Allen's Talking to strangers
Legal reasoning, historical contingency, and change : Edward H. Levi's An introduction to legal reasoning.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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