Olmsted, Wendy
Rhetoric: An Historical Introduction
This introduction to the art of rhetoric analyzes rhetorical concepts, problems, and methods and teaches practical inquiry through a series of classic rhetorical texts.
- An introduction to the art of rhetoric for those who are unacquainted with it and an argument about invention and tradition suitable for specialists
- Texts range from Cicero's De oratore and Augustine’s On Christian Doctrine to Jane Austen’s Persuasion and Stephen Greenblatt’s Marvellous Possessions
- Texts serve simultaneously as works of persuasion and considerations of how rhetoric works
- Engages readers in using rhetoric to deliberate about challenging issues.
- Author(s)
- Olmsted, Wendy
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2008
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 184 pages
- Categories
- Art, Art History
- Languages
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780470777213
- Printed ISBN
- 9781405117739