LEADER 03367nam 2200553Ia 450 001 9910808574903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 0 $a9780470777213 010 0 $a0470777214 010 $a9780470776469 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7103380 035 $a(CKB)24989730200041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC351411 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL351411 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10236636 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL131112 035 $a(OCoLC)437218667 035 $a(JP-MeL)3000111915 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7103380 035 $a(OCoLC)1347026214 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924989730200041 100 $a20050913d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRhetoric $ean historical introduction /$fWendy Olmsted 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMalden, MA ;$aOxford $cBlackwell Pub.$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource 300 $aIncludes index 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aAuthorship$xHistory 606 $aRhetoric$xHistory 615 0$aAuthorship$xHistory. 615 0$aRhetoric$xHistory. 676 $a808 686 $a801.6$2njb/09 686 $a808$2njb/09 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808574903321 996 $aRhetoric$94213164 997 $aUNINA