Rhetoric: Concepts, Definitions, Boundaries*HA02, Rhetoric: Concepts, Definitions, Boundaries, William A. Covino(University of Illinois at Chicago), David A. Jolliffe(University of Illinois at Chicago), U1581-0, 640 pp., 6 1/8 x 9 1/4, 0-02-325321-5, paperbound, 1995, $22.50nk, August*/RHETORIC provides a comprehensive overview of the major concepts of rhetorical theory, developed throughout history to the present. The text is divided into four parts: an introduction, defining rhetoric conceptually and historically and interrogating the definitions it proposes; a glossary, providing explanations of important concepts, periods, and individuals; a selection of perspectives by major scholars; and a collection of 13 readings and related commentaries, focusing on the relationship of rhetoric to other fields. |
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GLOSSARY OF MAJOR CONCEPTS | 27 |
Kenneth Burke | 34 |
Enlightenment Rhetoric | 47 |
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analysis Aphthonius appear argue argument Aristotle Aristotle's audience authority believe called century Chaim Perelman Cicero claim classical rhetoric classroom communication composition concept context course critical cultural studies deconstruction dialectic dialogue discipline discourse discussion effect English enthymeme essay example fact feminist function Further Reading Gorgias grammar Greek human humanists ical ideas ideology important intellectual invention Isocrates Kenneth Burke knowledge language linguistic literary literary theory literature logic magic means metaphor method metonymy modes moral nature oral orator person persuasion philosophy Plato political practice principles Protagoras question Quintilian readers reason relation Renaissance response rhetorical situation rhetorical theory rhetoricians scholars secondary orality sense sentence social sophists speak speaker speech structure style Tao Te Ching teachers teaching theorists things thought tion topics topoi traditional tropes truth understanding University white-horse women words writing