Readings from classical rhetoric

Author(s)

• Matsen, Patricia P.
• Rollinson, Philip B.
• Sousa, Marion, 1941 Sept. 11-

Bibliographic Information

Readings from classical rhetoric

edited by Patricia P. Matsen, Philip Rollinson, Marion Sousa

Southern Illinois University Press, c1990

• : pbk.

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 380-382)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Here, for the first time in one volume, are all the extant writings focusing on rhetoric that were composed before the fall of Rome. This unique anthology of primary texts in classical rhetoric contains the work of 24 ancient writers from Homer through St. Augustine, including Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Quintilian, Tacitus, and Longinus. Along with many widely recognized translations, special features include the first English translations of works by Theon and Nicolaus, as well as new translations of two works by important sophists, Gorgias encomium on Helen and Alcidamas essay on composition. The writers are grouped chronologically into historical periods, allowing the reader to understand the scope and significance of rhetoric in antiquity. Introductions are included to each period, as well as to each writer, with writers biographies, major works, and salient features of excerpts. "

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Details

• NCID: BA11351372
• ISBN:
  • 0809315920
  • 0809315939
• LCCN: 89036897
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Carbondale
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 382 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PA3637.R5
  • DC20 : 808/.048
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Rhetoric, Ancient
  • LCSH : Classical literature -- Translations into English
  • LCSH : English literature -- Translations from classical languages