03325nam 2200529Ia 450 991080857490332120200520144314.0978047077721304707772149780470776469(MiAaPQ)EBC7103380(CKB)24989730200041(MiAaPQ)EBC351411(Au-PeEL)EBL351411(CaPaEBR)ebr10236636(CaONFJC)MIL131112(OCoLC)437218667(JP-MeL)3000111915(Au-PeEL)EBL7103380(OCoLC)1347026214(EXLCZ)992498973020004120050913d2006 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRhetoric an historical introduction /Wendy Olmsted1st ed.Malden, MA ;Oxford Blackwell Pub.c20061 online resourceIncludes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Rhetoric: An Historical Introduction -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introducing Rhetoric -- Part I Classical: Rhetorical Traditions -- Introduction -- 1. The Rhetorician: Demagogue or Statesman? Plato's Gorgias and Aristotle's Rhetoric -- 2. Eloquence, Persuasion, and Invention: Cicero's De oratore -- 3. Rhetoric and the Search for God: Augustine's On Christian Doctrine and Confessions -- 4. Practical Reason or Interested Calculation? Cicero's On Duties and Machiavelli's The Prince -- Part II Classical Rhetoric and Literary Interpretation -- Introduction -- 5. Tradition and Invention: Bacon's Aphorisms and the Essays -- 6. Deception, Strong Speech, and Mild Discourse in Milton's Early Prose and Paradise Lost -- 7. Prudence and Eloquence in Jane Austen's Persuasion -- Part III Rhetoric and Contemporary Disciplines -- Introduction -- 8. Literary Criticism and Rhetorical Invention: Wayne C. Booth's The Rhetoric of Fiction and Stephen Greenblatt's Marvelous Possessions -- 9. Faction, Politics, and Rhetorical Invention: Eugene Garver's For the Sake of Argument and Danielle S. Allen's Talking to Strangers -- 10. Legal Reasoning, Historical Contingency, and Change: Edward H. Levi's An Introduction to Legal Reasoning -- Index.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.AuthorshipHistoryRhetoricHistoryAuthorshipHistory.RhetoricHistory.808Olmsted Wendy1943-901391MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808574903321Rhetoric3939537UNINA