ABSTRACT
To provide a view of the history of western rhetoric, this volume presents original articles by a number of world-renowned scholars representing different countries and varying viewpoints. In discussing the status of the historical perspectives on rhetoric, these international scholars also present a tribute to James J. Murphy, whose scholarship and service did much to shape the field. The book will introduce new insights into western European rhetoric and its connections with English rhetoric.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |16 pages
Cicero’s Response to the Philosophers in De oratore, Book
part |2 pages
PART I THEORY AND PEDAGOGY IN THE CLASSICAL AND MEDIEVAL TRADITIONS
chapter |24 pages
Aristotle's Enthymeme and the Imperfect Syllogism
chapter |14 pages
Cicero's Response to the Philosophers in De oratore, Book 1
part |2 pages
PART II RENAISSANCE TEXTBOOKS AND RHETORICAL EDUCATION
chapter |20 pages
Ludovico Carbone on the Nature of Rhetoric
chapter |22 pages
Antonio Riccobono: The Teaching of Rhetoric in 16th-Century Padua
part |2 pages
PART III CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN 18TH-CENTURY RHETORICAL EDUCATION
part |2 pages
PART IV RHETORIC AND CULTURE FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE PRESENT