Rhetoric in antiquity / Laurent Pernot ; translated by W.E. Higgins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pernot, Laurent.

Standardized Title:

Rhétorique dans l'Antiquité. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhetoric, Ancient.

Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek--History and criticism.

Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek.

Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin--History and criticism.

Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin.

Oratory, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Originally published as La Rhétorique dans l'Antiquité (2000), this new English edition provides students with a valuable introduction to understanding the classical art of rhetoric and its place in ancient society and politics.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Translator's Note

Introduction

First Excursus: Rhetoric of ...

1. Rhetoric before "Rhetoric"

Homer

From the Homeric World to the Classical World

2. The Sophistic Revolution

The "First Inventors"

The Sophists

Gorgias

Second Excursus: The Birth of the Word Rhetorike

3. The Athenian Moment

The Practice of Oratory

The Republic of the Orators: Reality and Image

Third Excursus: The Canon of the Ten Attic Orators

Teaching and Theory of Rhetoric

The Philosophical and Moral Problem of Rhetoric

4. The Hellenistic Globalization

Advances in Rhetorical Technique

Philosophies Investigate Rhetoric

The Life of Eloquence in the Greek World

Fourth Excursus: Greek Political Eloquence Did Not Die at Khaironeia

5. The Roman Way and Romanization

The Background of Roman Rhetoric

Stars of Roman Rhetoric before Cicero

The Conquest of Greek Rhetoric

Cicero

Fifth Excursus: Laughter as Weapon

Cicero's Contemporaries

6. The Empire: Innovation in the Tradition

Decline or Renaissance of Rhetoric?

General Characteristics of the Period

Literary Criticism

Archaism and Atticism

Rhetoric, Queen of the Curriculum

Treatises on Theory

The Emperor as Orator

The Practice of Oratory and the Irresistible Rise of the Epideictic Genre

The Roman Orators

The Second Sophistic

Sixth Excursus: Aelius Aristides, Sophist by the Grace of Asklepios

Rhetoric and Literature

Conclusion: The Heritage of Greco-Roman Rhetoric

The Conversion of Rhetoric

From the End of Antiquity to Modern Times

Greco-Roman Rhetoric Today

Thesaurus: The System of Rhetoric

Chronological Table

Bibliography

Index of Proper Names

Index of Subjects

Index of Greek Words

Index of Latin Words.

Notes:

"Originally published in 2000 as La rhetorique dans l'Antiquite by Librairie generale francaise in the series "Antiquite edited by Paul Demont"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-251) and index.

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ISBN:

0-8132-1638-9

OCLC:

646786309