A Handlist of Rhetorical Terms - 2nd ed

Informationen zum Autor Richard A. Lanham is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of California, Los Angeles, and President of Rhetorica, Inc., in Los Angeles. Klappentext With a unique combination of alphabetical and descriptive lists, A Handlist of Rhetorical Terms provides in one convenient, accessible volume all the rhetorical terms--mostly Greek and Latin--that students of Western literature and rhetoric are likely to come across in their reading or will find useful in their writing. The Second Edition of this widely used work offers new features that will make it even more useful: * A completely revised alphabetical listing that defines nearly 1,000 terms used by scholars of formal rhetoric from classical Greece to the present day * A revised system of cross-references between terms * Many new examples and new, extended entries for central terms * A revised Terms-by-Type listing to identify unknown terms * A new typographical design for easier access Zusammenfassung With a combination of alphabetical and descriptive lists, this title provides all the rhetorical terms - mostly Greek and Latin - that students of Western literature and rhetoric are likely to come across in their reading or will find useful in their writing. It offers a revised system of cross-references between terms. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition 1. Alphabetical List of Terms 2. The Divisions of Rhetoric Rhetoric Invention Arrangement Style Memory Delivery 3. The Terms by Type 4. Some Important Dates 5. Works Cited

Product details

• Authors: Richard A Lanham, Richard A. Lanham, Lanham Richard A.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2013
• EAN: 9780520273689
• ISBN: 978-0-520-27368-9
• No. of pages: 205
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 228 mm x 14 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, Usage & grammar guides, Usage and grammar guides, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Spelling & Vocabulary