Invention and Method Two Rhetorical Treatises from the Hermogenic Corpus

Name: Invention and Method Two Rhetorical Treatises from the Hermogenic Corpus
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ISBN: 9781589831216

ISBN-10: 1589831217

ISBN-13: 9781589831216

Edition: 2005

Authors: Hermogenes, George A. Kennedy, Hugo Rabe

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This volume contains the Greek text, textual apparatus, and first published English translation of two treatises on rhetoric, with introductory material and notes. Once attributed to Hermogenes of Tarsus, these treatises are now believed to be by unknown authors writing in the second or third century C.E. or later. The first treatise, entitled On Invention, is a handbook for students providing formulas to aid them in the composition of declamations on assigned themes. The second treatise, On the Method of Forcefulness, discusses prose style with special attention to figures of speech. Extensive notes interpret the often-difficult content and relate it to other writing on rhetoric. The Greek…

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List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Publication date: 12/31/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 292
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.968