Rhetoric : an historical introduction / / Wendy Olmsted

• Autore: Olmsted Wendy <1943->
• Pubblicazione: Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Soggetto topico: Rhetoric - History; Authorship - History
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Rhetoric
• ISBN: 9780470776469; 9780470777213; 0470777214
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910955992603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II