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Rhetoric Historical Introduction - Couverture souple

Olmsted, Wendy

 
9781405117739: Rhetoric Historical Introduction
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1405117737 ISBN 13 : 9781405117739
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2006

Synopsis

This introduction to the art of rhetoric analyzes rhetorical concepts, problems, and methods and teaches practical inquiry through a series of classic rhetorical texts.


  • An introduction to the art of rhetoric for those who are unacquainted with it and an argument about invention and tradition suitable for specialists
  • Texts range from Cicero's De oratore and Augustine's On Christian Doctrine to Jane Austen's Persuasion and Stephen Greenblatt's Marvellous Possessions
  • Texts serve simultaneously as works of persuasion and considerations of how rhetoric works
  • Engages readers in using rhetoric to deliberate about challenging issues.

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À propos de l'auteur

Wendy Olmsted is Associate Professor in the New Collegiate Division and in the Humanities Division at the University of Chicago as well as Associated Faculty Member in the Department of Classics (PAMW). Her previous publications include A Companion to Rhetoric and Rhetorical Criticism, co-edited with Walter Jost (Blackwell Publishing, 2004) and Rhetorical Invention and Religious Inquiry, co-edited with Walter Jost (Yale University Press, 2000).

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Éditeur
Wiley-Blackwell
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1405117737
ISBN 13 
9781405117739
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
184
Coordonnées du fabricant
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