In defence of rhetoric

Author(s)

• Vickers, Brian

Bibliographic Information

In defence of rhetoric

Brian Vickers

（Clarendon paperbacks）

Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1989

Note

"First issued as a paperback with corrections and additions 1989"--T.p. verso

Bibliography: p. [481]-490

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Setting out to reinstate rhetoric, this book opens with an overview of the rhetorical system as developed in classical times. In Defence of Rhetoric surveys and analyses material from Aristotle to Plato through the Renaissance to the modern novel and the critical theories of Roman Jakobson and Paul de Man.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations References 1. An Outline of Classical Rhetoric - Rhetoric and Life - The Major Texts - The Main Processes of Rhetoric a) The Three Genres b) The Stages of Composition c) The Parts of a Speech d) The Orator's Three Duties e) The Three Styles 2. Plato's Attack on Rhetoric 3. Territorial Disputes: Philosophy versus Rhetoric - Responses to Plato - The Triumph of Rhetoric - The Revenge of Philosophy 4. Medieval Fragmentation 5. Renaissance Reintegration 6. The Expressive Function of Rhetorical Figures 7. Rhetoric and the Sister Arts 8. Rhetoric in the Modern Novel 9. Epilogue: The Future of Rhetoric Bibliography Index

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Details

• NCID: BA09912160
• ISBN:
  • 0198117914
• LCCN: 89009388
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford [England],New York
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 508 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PN175
  • DC20 : 808
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Rhetoric
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA07221817