Ends of Rhetoric: History, Theory, Practice

by John B. Bender and David E. Wellbery

Book Overview

The discipline of rhetoric--adapted through a wide range of reformulations to the specific requirements of Greek, Roman, Medieval, and Renaissance societies--dominated European education and discourse, whether public or private, for more than two thousand years. The end of classical rhetoric's domination was brought about by a combination of social and cultural transformations that occurred between the seventeenth and ninteenth centuries.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804718180
• ISBN13: 9780804718189
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"