Rhetoric & human consciousness : a history. / Craig R. Smith.
Material type: TextPublisher: Prospect Heights, Ill. : Waveland Press, c2003Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiii, 458 p. : ill. index; 24 cmISBN: 1577661745Other title: Rhetoric and human consciousnessSubject(s): Rhetoric -- History | Rhetoric -- Philosophy | Rhetoric and psychologyDDC classification: 808/.009 LOC classification: PN187 | .S58Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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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