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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815771703321

Autore

Sansone David

Titolo

Greek drama and the invention of rhetoric / / David Sansone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, Mass., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

ISBN

9781299157996

1299157998

9781118358344

1118358341

9781118358375

1118358376

9781118358313

1118358317

9781118358337

1118358333

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Disciplina

808.009

Soggetti

Rhetoric - History

Greek drama - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Pt. 1. What drama does and how it does it -- Setting the stage -- Seeing is believing -- The muse takes a holiday -- "It's counterpoint," he countered, and pointed -- Illusion and collusion -- Reaction time -- Pt. 2. The second stage: the invention of rhetoric -- Paradigm shift happens -- Perhaps you will object -- Putting the accuser on trial.

Sommario/riassunto

Asserts a novel and controversial theory on the origins of rhetoric that differs radically from the standard viewArgues that it was the theatre of Ancient Greece, first appearing around 500 BC, that promptedthe development of formalized rhetoric, which evolved soon thereafterProvides a cogent reworking of existing evidenceReveals the bias and inconsistency of Aristotle