In defence of rhetoric / Brian Vickers
1998, 2nd edition. Oxford : Clarendon. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #425207
ISBN: 0198117914
Physical description; xi, 508 pages : illustrations. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; An Outline of Classical Rhetoric -- Rhetoric and Life -- The Major Texts -- The Main Processes of Rhetoric -- The Three Genres -- The Stages of Composition -- The Parts of a Speech -- The Orator's Three Duties -- The Three Styles -- Plato's Attack on Rhetoric -- Territorial Disputes: Philosophy versus Rhetoric -- Responses to Plato -- The Triumph of Rhetoric -- The Revenge of Philosophy -- Medieval Fragmentation -- Renaissance Reintegration -- The Expressive Function of Rhetorical Figures -- Rhetoric and the Sister Arts -- Rhetoric in the Modern Novel -- Epilogue: The Future of Rhetoric. Subjects; Plato. Rhetoric. Rhetoric History and criticism. Oratory. Oral communication. Written communication. Rhetorical criticism. Rhetoric (oratory) Literature.
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