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Greek drama and the invention of rhetoric / David Sansone.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sansone, David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rhetoric--History.
- Rhetoric.
- Greek drama--History and criticism.
- Greek drama.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Asserts a novel and controversial theory on the origins of rhetoric that differs radically from the standard viewArgues that it was the theatre of Ancient Greece, first appearing around 500 BC, that promptedthe development of formalized rhetoric, which evolved soon thereafterProvides a cogent reworking of existing evidenceReveals the bias and inconsistency of Aristotle
- Contents:
- Pt. 1. What drama does and how it does it
- Setting the stage
- Seeing is believing
- The muse takes a holiday
- "It's counterpoint," he countered, and pointed
- Illusion and collusion
- Reaction time
- Pt. 2. The second stage: the invention of rhetoric
- Paradigm shift happens
- Perhaps you will object
- Putting the accuser on trial.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781299157996
- 1299157998
- 9781118358344
- 1118358341
- 9781118358375
- 1118358376
- 9781118358313
- 1118358317
- 9781118358337
- 1118358333
- OCLC:
- 827207946
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