New History of Classical Rhetoric

Name: New History of Classical Rhetoric
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ISBN: 9780691000596

ISBN-10: 069100059X

ISBN-13: 9780691000596

Edition: 1995

Authors: George A. Kennedy

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George Kennedy's three volumes on classical rhetoric have long been regarded as authoritative treatments of the subject. This new volume, an extensive revision and abridgment ofThe Art of Persuasion in Greece,The Art of Rhetoric in the Roman World,andGreek Rhetoric under Christian Emperors,provides a comprehensive history of classical rhetoric, one that is sure to become a standard for its time. Kennedy begins by identifying the rhetorical features of early Greek literature that anticipated the formulation of "metarhetoric," or a theory of rhetoric, in the fifth and fourth centuries b.c.e. and then traces the development of that theory through the Greco-Roman period. He gives an account of…

Book details

List price: $58.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 11/6/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.21" long x 0.73" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English



Preface


A New History of Classical Rhetoric



Introduction: the Nature of Rhetoric



Persuasion in Greek Literature before 400 B.C



Greek Rhetorical Theory from Corax to Aristotle



The Attic Orators



Hellenistic Rhetoric



Early Roman Rhetoric



Cicero



Rhetoric in Augustan Rome



Latin Rhetoric in the Silver Age



Greek Rhetoric under the Roman Empire



The Second Sophistic



Christianity and Classical Rhetoric



The Survival of Classical Rhetoric from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages


Bibliography


Index