{"product_id":"rhetoric-9781405117739","title":"Rhetoric","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis introduction to the art of rhetoric analyzes rhetorical concepts, problems, and methods and teaches practical inquiry through a series of classic rhetorical texts. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style:\" none\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn introduction to the art of rhetoric for those who are unacquainted with it and an argument about invention and tradition suitable for specialists\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTexts range from Cicero''s \u003ci\u003eDe oratore\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand Augustine's On Christian Doctrine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eto Jane Austen's Persuasion\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand Stephen Greenblatt's Marvellous Possessions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTexts serve simultaneously as works of persuasion and considerations of how rhetoric works\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEngages readers in using rhetoric to deliberate about challenging issues.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Professor Olmsted has produced a much-needed and unique book: an account of rhetorical thinking through the ages focused on specific texts in their cultural contexts. The book does something far more important than impart mere doctrine: it demonstrates how, and teaches one, to think like a rhetorician. It will make an invaluable contribution in and out of the classroom.\" \u003ci\u003eWalter Jost, University of Virgina\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Wendy Olmsted gives scholars and teachers in many disciplines a valuable new kind of historical introduction to rhetoric. In three interrelated sections she provides a clear overview of classical rhetoric, incisive case studies of literature and rhetoric, and a suggestive discussion of rhetorical invention and argument in literary criticism, politics, and law. This book creatively teaches us how to think rhetorically through concrete historical examples of deliberation and judgment.\" \u003ci\u003eSteven Mailloux, University of California\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments. \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroducting Rhetoric.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I: Classical Rhetorical Traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Rhetorician: Demagogue or Statesman? Plato's Gorgias and Aristotle's Rhetoric.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Eloquence, Persuasion, and Invention: Cicero's De oratore.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Rhetoric and the Search for God: Augustine's On Christian Doctrine and Confessions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Practical Reason or Interested Calculation? Cicero's On Duties and Machiavelli's The Prince.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II: Classical Rhetoric and Literary Interpretation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Tradition and Invention: Bacon's Aphorisms and the Essays.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Deception, Strong Speech, and Mild Discourse in Milton's Early Prose and Paradise Lost.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Prudence and Eloquence in Jane Austen's Persuasion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III: Rhetoric and Contemporary Disciplines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Literary Criticism and Rhetorical Invention: Wayne C. Booth's The Rhetoric of Fiction and Stephen Greenblatt's Marvelous Possessions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Faction Politics and Rhetorical Invention: Eugene Garver's For the Sake of Argument and Danielle S. Allen's Talking to Strangers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Legal Reasoning, Historical Contingency, and Change: Edward H. Levi's An Introduction to Legal Reasoning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407854707031,"sku":"9781405117739","price":30.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405117739.jpg?v=1730500748","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rhetoric-9781405117739","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}