Rhetoric: An Historical Introduction
Copyright © 2006 Wendy Olmsted
Author(s): Wendy Olmsted
Published Online: 25 FEB 2008
Print ISBN: 9781405117722
Online ISBN: 9780470776469
About this Book
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 oratoreand Augustine's On Christian Doctrineto Jane Austen's Persuasionand 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.