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Beginnings of Rhetorical Theory in Classical Greece by Edward Schiappa (1999, Hardcover)
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His revision of rhetoric's early history enables him to change the way we read both the Sophists and Aristotle and Plato. His book will be of great interest to students of classics, communications, philosophy, and rhetoric.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherYale University Press
ISBN-100300075901
ISBN-139780300075908
eBay Product ID (ePID)201951
Product Key Features
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameBeginnings of Rhetorical Theory in Classical Greece
Publication Year1999
SubjectEurope / Greece (See Also Ancient / Greece), Ancient / Greece, Ancient Languages (See Also Latin), History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Rhetoric
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Philosophy, Language Arts & Disciplines, History
AuthorEdward Schiappa
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight18.3 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN98-042659
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal808/.00938
SynopsisIn 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 had not yet formed in the era of the early Sophists. His revision of rhetoric's early history enables him to change the way we read both the Sophists and Aristotle and Plato. Schiappa contends, for example, that Plato probably coined the Greek word for rhetoric; that Gorgias is a "prose rhapsode" whose style does not deserve the criticism it has received; that Isocrates deliberately never uses the Greek work for "rhetoric" and that our habit of pitting him versus Plato as "rhetoric versus philosophy" is problematic; and that Aristotle "disciplined" the genre of epideictic in a way that robs the genre of its political importance. His book will be of great interest to students of classics, communications, philosophy, and rhetoric., In this provocative new book, Edward Schiappa argues that rhetorical theory did not originate with the Sophists in the fifth century B.C.E., but developed nearly a century later. Closely examining the terminology of early rhetorical history, Schiappa not only revises the way we understand that history but also contends we must alter the way we read both the Sophists and Aristotle and Plato.
LC Classification NumberPA401.S24 1999
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