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Rhetoric : An Historical Introduction

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Rhetoric : An Historical Introduction

[Electronic Source]

Malden, MA

: Oxford : Blackwell Pub.

, 2006.

1 CD-ROM

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The rhetorician : demagogue or statesman? Platoبs Gorgias and Aristotleبs Rhetoric -- Eloquence, persuasion, and invention : Ciceroبs De oratore -- Rhetoric and the search for God : Augustine's On Christian doctrine and confessions -- Practical reason or self-interested calculation? : Ciceroبs On duties and Machiavelliبs Prince -- Tradition and invention : Baconبs aphorisms and the Essays -- Deception, strong speech, and mild discourse in Miltonبs early prose and Paradise lost -- Prudence and eloquence in Jane Austenبs Persuasion -- Literary criticism and rhetorical invention : Wayne C. Boothبs The rhetoric of fiction and Stephen Greenblattبs Marvelous possessions -- Faction, and politics, and rhetorical invention : Eugene Garver's For the sake of argument and Danielle S. Allenبs Talking to strangers -- Legal reasoning, historical contingency, and change : Edward H. Levi's An introduction to legal reasoning.

.s Talking to Strangers serve simultaneously as models of persuasion and as thoughtful considerations of how rhetoric works." -- Book coverب"This introduction to the art of rhetoric argues that knowledge of rhetoric improves deliberation about particular issues and problems. By mastering rhetorical concepts and modes of argument, readers can can address the sometimes turbulent circumstances in their own lives, times, and fields of study. But because rhetoric speaks to the demands of the moment, it must be practiced with an understanding of its historical context. The author provides an intellectual frame for understanding the history and conceptual foundations of rhetoric and gives a strong sense of the ways classic understanding of its historical context. The author provides an intellectual frame for understanding the history and conceptual foundations of rhetoric and gives a strong sense of the ways classic Reasoning and Danielle S. Allen.

Rhetoric - History

روایتگری - تاریخ

Olmsted, Wendy, 1943-

ایران

Library of Foreign Languages and Islamic resource

old catalog

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1

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