Rhetoric: An Historical IntroductionISBN: 978-1-4051-1772-2
Hardcover
180 pages
June 2006, Wiley-Blackwell
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This introduction to the art of rhetoric analyzes rhetorical
concepts, problems, and methods and teaches practical inquiry
through a series of classic rhetorical texts.
- An introduction to the art of rhetoric for those who are
unacquainted with it and an argument about invention and tradition
suitable for specialists
- 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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