Classical Greek Rhetorical Theory and the Disciplining of Discourse

by David M. Timmerman and Edward Schiappa

Book Overview

This book contributes to the history of classical rhetoric by focusing on how key terms helped to conceptualize and organize the study and teaching of oratory. David Timmerman and Edward Schiappa demonstrate that the intellectual and political history of Greek rhetorical theory can be enhanced by a better understanding of the emergence of 'terms of art' in texts about persuasive speaking and argumentation. The authors provide a series of studies to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107696925
• ISBN13: 9781107696921
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"