John Edward Tapia

Rhetoric and Centers of Power in the Greco-Roman World

From Homer to the Fall of Rome

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the transformation of western rhetoric from its Homeric Greek origins to that point where the Emperor Theodosius, in A.D. 395, divided the Roman Empire between his two sons, with the 'official' fall of the Roman Empire occurring in A.D. 476.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780761846116
• ISBN-10: 0761846115
• Artikelnr.: 26551547

Autorenporträt

John E. Tapia, Ph.D., teaches in the area of speech communication at Missouri Western State University. Tapia has published five books, largely in the areas of rhetoric and cultural studies. His book Circuit Chautauqua, pertaining to the Chautauqua movement, received the Missouri Governor's Humanities Award in 2001 and later became the basis of a television documentary.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgements Chapter 3 Foreword Chapter 4
Introduction Chapter 5 Chapter I: Origins of Rhetorical Theory and Practice
Chapter 6 Chapter II: Greek Theory and Practice Chapter 7 Chapter III: From
Greece to Rome Chapter 8 Chapter IV: Cicero's Rome Chapter 9 Chapter V: The
Early Roman Empire Chapter 10 Chapter VI: The Second Sophistic Chapter 11
Chapter VII: "The Sign of the Cross" Chapter 12 Epilogue Chapter 13
Glossary Chapter 14 Works Cited Chapter 15 Select Bibliography Chapter 16
Index