Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-226) and index.
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Aristotle's Rhetoric and the contemporary arts of practical discourse / Robert N. Gaines -- What Aristotle meant by rhetoric / Alan G. Gross -- Aristotle on speaking "outside the subject": the special topics and rhetorical forums / Arthur E. Walzer -- The contemporary irrelevance of Aristotle's practical reason / Eugene Garver -- Pathos and Katharsis in "Aristotelian" rhetoric: some implications / Jeffrey Walker -- Aristotle's Enthymeme as tacit reference / Thomas B. Farrell -- Two systems of invention: the topics in the Rhetoric and the New rhetoric / Barbara Warnick -- The Aristotelian topos: hunting for novelty / Carolyn R. Miller -- Aristotelian Lexis and renaissance Elocutio / Lawrence D. Green -- Aristotle and theories of figuration / Jeanne Fahnestock -- Aristotle's Rhetoric: a guide to the scholarship / Arthur E. Walzer, Michael Tiffany, and Alan G. Gross.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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In this collection edited by Alan G. Gross and Arthur E. Walzer, scholars in communication, rhetoric and composition, and philosophy seek to "reread" Aristotle's Rhetoric from a purely rhetorical perspective. So important do these contributors find the Rhetoric, in fact, that a core tenet in this book is that "all subsequent rhetorical theory is but a series of responses to issues raised by the central work."The essays reflect on questions basic to rhetoric as a humanistic discipline. Some explore the ways in which the Rhetoric explicates the natur.
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Title
Rereading Aristotle's Rhetoric.
International Standard Book Number
0809322676
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Aristotle., Rhetoric.
Aristote., Rhétorique.
Aristoteles., De arte rhetorica.
TITLE USED AS SUBJECT
Rhetoric (Aristotle)
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Rhétorique ancienne.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Communication Studies.