The Beginnings of Rhetorical Theory in Classical Greece

by Edward Schiappa

In this provocative book, Edward Schiappa argues that rhetorical theory did not originate with the Sophists in the fifth century B.C.E, as is commonly believed, but came into being a century later. Schiappa examines closely the terminology of the Sophists--such as Gorgias and Protagoras--and of their reporters and opponents--especially Plato and Aristotle--and contends that the terms and problems that make up what we think of as rhetorical theory...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300075901
• ISBN13: 9780300075908
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"