Rhetoric: An Historical IntroductionISBN: 978-1-4051-1772-2
Hardcover
180 pages
July 2006, Wiley-Blackwell
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- Introduces the art of rhetoric for those who are unacquainted
with it, whilst also offering an argument about invention and
tradition suitable for specialists
- Uses a series of classic rhetorical texts to demonstrate how
rhetorical concepts and arguments facilitate practical
enquiry
- Texts range from Cicero's De oratore and
Augustine’s On Christian Doctrine to Jane
Austen’s Persuasion and Stephen Greenblatt’s
Marvellous Possessions
- Texts serve simultaneously as works of persuasion and
considerations of how rhetoric works
- Engages readers in using rhetoric to deliberate about challenging issues.
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