Aristotle on rhetoric : A theory of civic discourse

by: Kennedy, G.A.

Price: 33,00 EURO

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On Rhetoric
A Theory of Civic Discourse
Second Edition

Aristotle
George A. Kennedy
A revision of George Kennedy's translation of, introdution to, and commentary on Aristotle's On Rhetoric. His translation is most accurate, ...

Description
Based on careful study of the Greek text and informed by the best modern scholarship, the second edition of this highly acclaimed translation offers the most faithful English version ever published of On Rhetoric. Updated in light of recent scholarship, the new edition features a revised introduction—with two new sections—and revised appendices that provide new and additional supplementary texts (relevant ancient works).

Aristotle's life and works
Rhetoric before Aristotle
Aristotle's classification of Rhetoric
Aristotle's original audience and his audience today
The strengths and limitations of On Rhetoric
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
Gorgias' Encomium of Helen
Socrates' critique of Sophistic Rhetoric
Lysias' speech against the grain dealers
Introduction to dialectic from Aristotle, Topics 1.1-3
Two Selections from Isocrates
Selections from Rhetoric for Alexander
On word choice and metaphor, from Aristotle's poetics
Demosthenes' Third Philippic
The earliest Rhetorical handbooks
The history of the text after Aristotle

xiv, 337 pages ; 21 cm

Translated from the Ancient Greek
 

Aristotle on rhetoric : A theory of civic discourse

by: Kennedy, G.A.

• ISBN-13: 9780195305098 / 978-0-19-530509-8
• ISBN-03: 0195305094 / 0-19-530509-4
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007

Price: 33,00 EURO

1 copy in stock