Smith, Craig R.
Rhetoric & human consciousness : a history. / Rhetoric and human consciousness Craig R. Smith. - 2nd ed. - Prospect Heights, Ill. : Waveland Press, c2003. - xiii, 458 p. : ill. index; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-439) and index.
Contents: An introduction to rhetoric -- The emergence of rhetoric in myth and narrative -- The Greek sophistication of rhetoric from Thales to Plato -- Aristotle's rhetoric -- The Roman rhetorical system -- The rise of Christianity and the medieval period -- The renaissance of rhetoric -- Epistemology and the modern rhetorics -- The existential revolt against modernists -- Identification, dialectics, and dramatism -- Context, function, and media -- Postmodern and feminist theoris --|Rhetorical consciousness -- Appendix: A time line of events.
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2003535466
Rhetoric--History.
Rhetoric--Philosophy.
Rhetoric and psychology.
PN187 / .S58
808/.009
Rhetoric & human consciousness : a history. / Rhetoric and human consciousness Craig R. Smith. - 2nd ed. - Prospect Heights, Ill. : Waveland Press, c2003. - xiii, 458 p. : ill. index; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-439) and index.
Contents: An introduction to rhetoric -- The emergence of rhetoric in myth and narrative -- The Greek sophistication of rhetoric from Thales to Plato -- Aristotle's rhetoric -- The Roman rhetorical system -- The rise of Christianity and the medieval period -- The renaissance of rhetoric -- Epistemology and the modern rhetorics -- The existential revolt against modernists -- Identification, dialectics, and dramatism -- Context, function, and media -- Postmodern and feminist theoris --|Rhetorical consciousness -- Appendix: A time line of events.
1577661745
2003535466
Rhetoric--History.
Rhetoric--Philosophy.
Rhetoric and psychology.
PN187 / .S58
808/.009