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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780370803321

Autore

Kennedy George A (George Alexander), <1928-2022.>

Titolo

Classical rhetoric & its Christian & secular tradition from ancient to modern times [[electronic resource] /] / George A. Kennedy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c1999

ISBN

979-88-908708-4-1

0-8078-6113-8

Edizione

[2nd ed., rev. and enl.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 pages)

Disciplina

808

Soggetti

Rhetoric - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-336) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Traditional and conceptual rhetoric -- Technical rhetoric -- Sophistic rhetoric -- Philosophical rhetoric -- Rhetoric in the Roman period -- Literary rhetoric -- Judeo- Christian rhetoric -- Greek rhetoric in the Middle Ages -- Latin rhetoric in the Middle Ages -- Classical rhetoric in the Renaissance -- Neoclassical rhetoric -- Classical rhetoric in the twentieth century.

Sommario/riassunto

Since its original publication by UNC Press in 1980, this book has provided thousands of students with a concise introduction and guide to the history of the classical tradition in rhetoric, the ancient but ever vital art of persuasion. Now, George Kennedy offers a thoroughly revised and updated edition of Classical Rhetoric and Its Christian and Secular Tradition. From its development in ancient Greece and Rome, through its continuation and adaptation in Europe and America through the Middle Ages and Renaissance, to its enduring significance in the twentieth century, he traces the