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A Synoptic History of Classical Rhetoric by Hoppmann, Michael J.;Katula, Richard A.;Murphy, James Jerome is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Cover 1 A Synoptic History of Classical Rhetoric 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 6 About the Authors 8 Introduction 10 Part One Theories of Rhetoric 14 1 The Origins of Rhetoric in the Democracy of Ancient Greece 16 2 Rhetorical Consciousness and the Rise of the Sophists 38 3 Aristotle’s Rhetorical Theory 73 4 From Greek to “Roman” Rhetoric, with Synopses of Three Pragmatic Handbooks 124 5 The Rhetorical Theory of the Mature Cicero, With Synopses of His Major Rhetorical Works 161 6 Quintilian’s Place in Roman Rhetorical and Educational Theory, with a Synopsis of His Institutio oratoria 195 7 Epilogue: What Happened Next? 221 Part Two Orations For Pleasure and Practice 224 Six Classical Texts for Reading, Study, and Discussion 226 Pericles, The Funeral Oration 227 Lysias, On the Refusal of a Pension to the Invalid 233 Plato, The Apology of Socrates 237 Gorgias, Encomium to Helen 246 Demosthenes, The First Philippic 250 Cicero, The First Speech Against Lucius Sergius Catiline 259 Notes 269 A Basic Library for Further Study 282 Index 293

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Author
Hoppmann, Michael J.;Katula, Richard A.;Murphy, James Jerome
Publisher
Routledge
Published
2014
Language
EN
Category
nonfiction

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