Aristotle and style
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Aristotle and style
Edwin Mellen Press, c2005
Available at 2 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-278) and index
HTTP:URL=http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy054/2004064962.html Information=Table of contents
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book examines what Aristotle has to say about style, metaphor, the figures of speech, and other less recognized stylistic elements within his corpus. Proceeding from the texts themselves, this study argues that Aristotle's discussion of style in the Rhetoric is conceptually consistent with his treatment of invention in that text. By applying Aristotle's theory to his own intellectual practices in the Nicomachean Ethics, this study also illuminates the way that Aristotle's thinks through his intellectual and rhetorical practices. As such, Aristotle offers to contemporary readers a relatively coherent understanding of what style is and how it contributes to successful and appropriate persuasion in more than the traditional decorative sense. He also demonstrates the range of his own theoretical statements. In these ways, Aristotle provides us with a fresh perspective on ancient and contemporary concerns with language.
Table of Contents
Preface, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations Introduction: Why Aristotle and Style? 1. The Background 2. Poetic and Heuristic Clarity 3. Prose Clarity 4. Style and Argument 5. "Bringing-Before-the Eyes" 6. Applying Aristotle's Metaphorical Theory to his Practice 7. Aristotle's Definition of Rhetoric in the Rhetoric 8. A Theory to Supplement Aristotle's Analyses 9. Aristotle's Metaphorical Theory Applied to the Nicomachean Ethics: Aiming at a Mean 10. Justice is a Kind of Virtue Conclusions Bibliography, Index
by "Nielsen BookData"