A Companion to Greek Rhetoric

Herausgegeben von Worthington, Ian

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This Companion is the most comprehensive treatment of ancient Greek rhetoric available. Designed primarily for readers approaching the subject for the first time, it traces the history of rhetoric from Homer to Byzantium. It provides an overview of rhetorical theory and practice, offers accounts of the most important orators and rhetoricians, and considers rhetoric in a number of historical, social, political, intellectual, and literary contexts.

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This complete guide to ancient Greek rhetoric is exceptional both in its chronological range and the breadth of topics it covers.

Traces the rise of rhetoric and its uses from Homer to Byzantium
Covers wider-ranging topics such as rhetoric s relationship to knowledge, ethics, religion, law, and emotion
Incorporates new material giving us fresh insights into how the Greeks saw and used rhetoric
Discusses the idea of rhetoric and examines the status of rhetoric studies, present and future
All quotations from ancient sources are translated into English

Produktdetails

• Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 640
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 1102g
• ISBN-13: 9781444334142
• ISBN-10: 144433414X
• Artikelnr.: 28707753

Autorenporträt

Ian Worthington is Frederick A. Middlebush Professor of History at the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA. His previous publications include Demosthenes: Statesman and Orator (2000), Alexander the Great: A Reader (2003), and a biography, Alexander the Great: Man and God (2004).

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors Preface: For Readers -- and Reviewers Notes
Abbreviations Speeches of the Attic Orators Part I: Setting the Scene Part
II: Rhetoric: A Brief History Part III: Rhetoric and Speeches Part IV:
Rhetoric: Political, Social and Intellectual Contexts Part V: Rhetoric and
Literature Bibliography Index