Persuasion & rhetoric / Carlo Michelstaedter ; translated with an introduction and commentary by Russell Scott Valentino, Cinzia Sarti Blum, and David J. Depew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Michelstaedter, Carlo, 1887-1910.

Contributor:

Valentino, Russell Scott, 1962-

Blum, Cinzia Sartini.

Depew, David J., 1942-

Series:

Italian literature and thought series.

Italian literature and thought series

Standardized Title:

Persuasione e la rettorica. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Persuasion (Rhetoric).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (xxvii, 178 p.).)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Persuasion and rhetoric

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This translation of Carlo Michelstaedter's Persuasion and Rhetoric brings the powerful and original work of a seminal cultural figure to English-language readers for the first time. Ostensibly a commentary on Plato's and Aristotle's relation to the pre-Socratic philosophers, Michelstaedter's deeply personal book is an extraordinary rhetorical feat that reflects the author's struggle to make sense of modern life. This edition includes an introduction discussing his life and work, an extensive bibliography, notes to introduce each chapter, and critical notes illuminating the text. Within hours of completing Persuasion and Rhetoric, his doctoral thesis, 23-year-old Michelstaedter shot himself to death. The text he left behind has proved to be one of the most trenchant and influential studies in modern rhetoric, a work that develops Nietzschean themes and anticipates the conclusions of, among others, Martin Heidegger. Publication of the book in English is an event of great magnitude for students of Italian philosophy, rhetoric, and literature as well as the culture of Mitteleuropa.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Preface

I. Persuasion

II. The Illusion of Persuasion

III. The Way to Persuasion

I. Rhetoric

II. The Constitution of Rhetoric

III. Rhetoric in Life

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Translated from the Italian.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-167) and index.

ISBN:

9786611722135

9781281722133

1281722138

9780300130126

0300130120

OCLC:

1013954387