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History of Rhetoric, Volume I: The Art of Persuasion in Greece
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Full Title:
History of Rhetoric, Volume I: The Art of Persuasion in Greece
Contributors:
By (Author) George A. Kennedy
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
880.9
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
364
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
680g
Description
A concern for the art of persuasion, as rhetoric was anciently defined, was a principal feature of Greek intellectual life. In this study of the complex of subjects labeled "rhetoric," the author explores rhetorical theory and practice from the fifth to the first centuries B.C. Beginning with the creative rhetoric of the pre-Socratic era, the study
