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" On rhetoric : "
Aristotle ; translated with introduction, notes, and appendices by George A. Kennedy.
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BL
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971825
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b726195
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| Uniform Title
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Rhetoric.English
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| Main Entry
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Aristotle
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On rhetoric : : a theory of civic discourse /\ Aristotle ; translated with introduction, notes, and appendices by George A. Kennedy.
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2nd ed.
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2007.
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xiv, 337 pages ;; 21 cm
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0195305086
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: 0195305094
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: 9780195305081
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: 9780195305098
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-330) and index.
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| Contents
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Aristotle's life and works -- Rhetoric before Aristotle -- Aristotle's classification of Rhetoric -- Aristotle's original audience and his audience today -- The strengths and limitations of On Rhetoric -- Chapter-by-chapter outline of On Rhetoric -- Book 1 : Pisteis, or the means of persuasion in public address -- Book 2 : Pisteis, or the means of persuasion in public address (continued) -- Book 3 : Delivery, style, and arrangement -- Gorgias' Encomium of Helen -- Socrates' critique of Sophistic Rhetoric -- Lysias' speech against the grain dealers -- Introduction to dialectic from Aristotle, Topics 1.1-3 -- Two Selections from Isocrates -- Selections from Rhetoric for Alexander -- On word choice and metaphor, from Aristotle's poetics -- Demosthenes' Third Philippic -- The earliest Rhetorical handbooks -- The history of the text after Aristotle.
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Based on a study of the Greek text and informed by modern scholarship, this second edition offers an English version of Aristotle's 'On Rhetoric'. It features an introduction, along with two sections and appendices that provide additional supplementary texts.
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Aristotle., Rhetoric.
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Aristotle., Rhetoric.
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Aristoteles,384-322 v. Chr.
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Rhetoric, Early works to 1800.
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18.43 ancient Greek literature.
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Rhetoric.
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Retorica.
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Rhetorica (Aristoteles)
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Rhetoric (Aristotle)
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| Dewey Classification
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808.5
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PN173.A7K46 2007
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18.43bcl
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18.43.bcl
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Kennedy, George A., (George Alexander),1928-
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