| Variant title |
Rhetoric and Power |
| Series |
Studies in rhetoric/communication
Studies in rhetoric/communication. ^A235916
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| Contents |
Homer's Iliad and the epic tradition of heroic eloquence -- Heraclitus and the revelation of Logos -- Aeschylus's Persians and the birth of tragedy -- Protagoras and the promise of politics -- Gorgias's Helen and the powers of action and fabrication -- Thucydides and the political history of power -- Aristophanes's Birds and the corrective of comedy -- Plato's Protagoras and the art of tragicomedy -- Isocrates's "Nicocles" and the hymn to hegemony -- Aristotle on rhetoric and civilization. |
| Abstract |
Advances the thesis that rhetoric is primarily a medium and artistry of power, but that the relationship between rhetoric and power at any point in time is a product of historical conditions, not the least of which is the development and availability of communication media.--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| ISBN | 9781611173956 hardbound |
| ISBN | 1611173957 hardbound |
| ISBN | electronic bk. |
| Standard identifier# |
40024316266 |
