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Book SynopsisThis English edition provides a valuable introduction to understanding the classical art of rhetoric and its place in ancient society and politics. It offers a description of ancient rhetoric in the Greco-Roman period, explaining the evolutions, the main themes, and the key moments and figures.
Trade ReviewA comprehensive, concise, yet never simplistic overview of ancient rhetorical practice and theory....An exemplary introduction that gives a vivid and clear picture of the field. - Classical Review; ""Pernot offers many new interpretations of the history of rhetoric, adds nuance and discrimination to many previous understandings, and overturns or takes us past a series of understandings that prevailed earlier; in each case he does so on the basis of the most respectable and current scholarship."" - Lawrence D. Green, University of Southern California
