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On Rhetoric : A Theory of Civic Discourse

ISBN: 9780195305098 | 0195305094
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 6/13/2006

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SummaryTable of Contents
This new edition of George A. Kennedy's highly acclaimed translation and commentary offers the most faithful English version ever published of On Rhetoric. Based on careful study of the Greek text and informed by the best modern scholarship, the second edition has been fully revised andupdated. As in the first edition, Kennedy makes the work readily accessible to modern students by providing an insightful general introduction, helpful section introductions, a detailed outline, extensive explanatory notes, and a glossary of Aristotle's rhetorica... MORE
Prooemionix
Notes on the Translationxiv
Introduction1(26)
A. Aristotle's Life and Works
1(6)
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B. Rhetoric Before Aristotle
7(9)
C. Aristotle's Classification of Rhetoric
16(1)
D. Aristotle's Original Audience and His Audience Today
17(3)
E. The Strengths and Limitations of On Rhetoric
20(3)
F. Chapter-by-Chapter Outline of On Rhetoric
23(4)
BOOK 1: Pisteis, or The Means of Persuasion in Public Address27(84)
BOOK 2: Pisteis, or The Means of Persuasion in Public Address (continued)111(82)
BOOK 3: Delivery, Style, and Arrangement193(58)
Appendix I: Supplementary Texts251(42)
A. Gorgias' Encomium of Helen
251(5)
B. Socrates' Critique of Sophistic Rhetoric
256(3)
C. Lysias' Speech Against the Grain Dealers
259(4)
D. Introduction to Dialectic from Aristotle, Topics 1.1-3
263(3)
E. Two Selections from Isocrates
266(3)
1. From Against the Sophists
266(1)
2. From Antidosis
267(2)
F. Selections from Rhetoric for Alexander
269(6)
G. On Word Choice and Metaphor from Aristotle's Poetics
275(2)
H. Demosthenes' Third Philippic
277(16)
Appendix II: Supplementary Essays293(20)
A. The Earliest Rhetorical Handbooks
293(13)
B. The History of the Text After Aristotle
306(7)
Glossary313(8)
Bibliography321(10)
Index331

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