Rhetoric and kairos : essays in history, theory, and praxis / / Phillip Sipiora and James S. Baumlin, editors

• Pubblicazione: Albany, NY, : State University of New York Press, c2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xiii, 258 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 808/.00938
• Soggetto topico: Rhetoric; Rhetoric, Ancient; Kairos (The Greek word)
• Altri autori: SipioraPhillip BaumlinJames S
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-245) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Rhetoric and Kairos -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword by Carolyn R. Miller -- Introduction: The Ancient Concept of Kairos by Phillip Sipiora -- A New Chapter in the History 0f Rhetoric and Sophistry by Augusto Rostagni translated by Phillip Sipiora -- Time and Qualitative Time by John E. Smith -- Kairos in Classical and Modern Rhetorical Theory by James L. Kinneavy -- Inventional Constraints on the Technographers of Ancient Athens: A Study of Kairos by Richard Leo Enos -- Kairos in Gorgias' Rhetorical Compositions by John Poulakos -- Hippocrates, Kairos, and Writing in the Sciences by Catherine R. Eskin -- Kairos: The Rhetoric of Time and Timing in the New Testament by Phillip Sipiora -- Kairos and Decorum: Crassus Orator's Speech de lege Servilia by Joseph J. Hughes -- Ciceronian Decorum and the Temporalities of Renaissance Rhetoric by James S. Baumlin -- Chronos, Kairos, Aion: Failures of Decorum, Right-Timing, and Revenge in Shakespeare's Hamlet by James S. Baumlin and Tita French Baumlin -- Ralph Waldo Emerson and the American Kairos by Roger Thompson -- In Praise of Kairos in the Arts: Critical Time, East and West by Gregory Mason -- Changing Times in Composition Classes: Kairos, Resonance, and the Pythagorean Connection by Carolyn Eriksen Hill -- On Doing the Right Thing at the Right Time: Toward an Ethics of Kairos by Amélie Frost Benedikt -- A Bibliography on Kairos and Related Concepts by Tanya Zhelezcheva and James S. Baumlin -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: The first comprehensive discussion of the history, theory, and practice of kairos: that is of the role "timeliness" or "right-timing" plays in human deliberation, speech, and action.
• Titolo autorizzato: Rhetoric and kairos
• ISBN: 9780791489383; 0791489388; 9780585442525; 0585442525
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910963443603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II