A Companion to Rhetoric and Rhetorical Criticism (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture) - Hardcover
A Companion to Rhetoric offers the first major survey in two decades of the field of rhetorical studies and of the practice of rhetorical theory and criticism across a range of disciplines.
- Assesses rhetoric’s place in the larger intellectual universe.
- Focuses on the practical side of rhetoric, looking at specific works, problems and figures.
- Provides examples of rhetoric from ancient times to the present day.
- Written by leading scholars from a variety of different fields.
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A Companion to Rhetoric and Rhetorical Criticism offers the first major survey in two decades of the field of rhetorical studies and of the practice of rhetorical theory and criticism across a range of disciplines. The contributions are written by leading scholars from a variety of different fields and have all been specially commissioned for this volume. They focus on specific works, problems, or figures, pursuing theory and criticism from an engaged and practical perspective. The volume also includes an overview of rhetorical traditions, providing examples of rhetoric from ancient times to the present day. Designed to be accessible to a range of students and scholars, A Companion to Rhetoric and Rhetorical Criticism elaborates in fascinating ways just what it means to "think like a rhetorician."
About the Author:
Walter Jost teaches in the English Department at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Wendy Olmsted teaches in the Humanities Division at the University of Chicago.
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- PublisherWiley-Blackwell
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 1405101121
- ISBN 13 9781405101127
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages522
- EditorWendy Olmsted, Walter Jost
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