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Rhetoric: An Historical Introduction

ISBN: 978-1-4051-1773-9
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192 pages
July 2006, ©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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