Rhetoric and kairos : essays in history, theory, and praxis / Phillip Sipiora and James S. Baumlin, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sipiora, Phillip.

Baumlin, James S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhetoric.

Rhetoric, Ancient.

Kairos (The Greek word).

Physical Description:

xiii, 258 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first comprehensive discussion of the history, theory, and practice of kairos: that is of the role "timeliness" or "right-timing" plays in human deliberation, speech, and action.

Contents:

Intro

Rhetoric and Kairos

Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Carolyn R. Miller

Introduction: The Ancient Concept of Kairos by Phillip Sipiora

A New Chapter in the History 0f Rhetoric and Sophistry by Augusto Rostagni translated by Phillip Sipiora

Time and Qualitative Time by John E. Smith

Kairos in Classical and Modern Rhetorical Theory by James L. Kinneavy

Inventional Constraints on the Technographers of Ancient Athens: A Study of Kairos by Richard Leo Enos

Kairos in Gorgias' Rhetorical Compositions by John Poulakos

Hippocrates, Kairos, and Writing in the Sciences by Catherine R. Eskin

Kairos: The Rhetoric of Time and Timing in the New Testament by Phillip Sipiora

Kairos and Decorum: Crassus Orator's Speech de lege Servilia by Joseph J. Hughes

Ciceronian Decorum and the Temporalities of Renaissance Rhetoric by James S. Baumlin

Chronos, Kairos, Aion: Failures of Decorum, Right-Timing, and Revenge in Shakespeare's Hamlet by James S. Baumlin and Tita French Baumlin

Ralph Waldo Emerson and the American Kairos by Roger Thompson

In Praise of Kairos in the Arts: Critical Time, East and West by Gregory Mason

Changing Times in Composition Classes: Kairos, Resonance, and the Pythagorean Connection by Carolyn Eriksen Hill

On Doing the Right Thing at the Right Time: Toward an Ethics of Kairos by Amélie Frost Benedikt

A Bibliography on Kairos and Related Concepts by Tanya Zhelezcheva and James S. Baumlin

Contributors

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Z.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-245) and index.

ISBN:

9780791489383

0791489388

9780585442525

0585442525

OCLC:

52033879