Rereading the Sophists Classical Rhetoric Refigured

Name: Rereading the Sophists Classical Rhetoric Refigured
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ISBN: 9780809322244

ISBN-10: 0809322242

ISBN-13: 9780809322244

Edition: 1998

Authors: Susan C. Jarratt

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This book is a critically informed challenge to the traditional histories of rhetoric and to the current emphasis on Aristotle and Plato as the most significant classical voices in rhetoric. In it, Susan C. Jarratt argues that the first sophists—a diverse group of traveling intellectuals in the fifth century B.C.—should be given a more prominent place in the study of rhetoric and composition. Rereading the ancient sophists, she creates a new lens through which to see contemporary social issues, including the orality/literacy debate, feminist writing, deconstruction, and writing pedagogy. The sophists’ pleasure in the play of language, their focus on historical contin-gency, and the…

Book details

List price: $39.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Publication date: 8/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 184
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Preface


Introduction Redefining Classical Rhetoric



The First Sophists: History and Historiography



Between Mythos and Logos



The First Sophists and Feminism: Discourses of the "Other"



Sophistic Pedagogy, Then and Now


Notes


Works Cited


Index