Rhetoric : an historical introduction / Wendy Olmsted.
Rhetoric : an historical introduction / Wendy Olmsted.
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Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell, 2006.
Date
2006.
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G 2013/6938
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English
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xix, 157 p.
Contents
The rhetorician, demagogue or statesman? : Plato's Gorgias and Aristotle's Rhetoric -- Invention, eloquence, and persuasion : Cicero's De oratore -- Rhetoric and the search for God : Augustine's Christian doctrine and confessions -- Practical reason or self-interested calculation? : Cicero's On duti...
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Publisher
Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell, 2006.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2006.
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Summary
"This introduction to the art of rhetoric argues that knowledge of rhetoric improves deliberation about particular issues and problems. By mastering rhetorical concepts and modes of argument, readers can address the sometimes turbulent circumstances in their own lives, times, and fields of study. But because rhetoric speaks to the demands of the mo...
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Rhetoric : an historical introduction / Wendy Olmsted.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from REF N808/89.
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Other version (online)
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G 2013/6938
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74VKKRZka2mZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKKRZka2mZ
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1405117737 (pbk.) :
1405117729 (hbk.) :
9781405117722 (hbk.) :
9781405117739 (pbk.) :
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808
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991021835299702626
