Rhetoric and Power - The Drama of Classical Greece

Explores the history of rhetoric by explaining its origin and development in classical Greece, beginning with the oral displays of Homeric eloquence in a time of kings, following its ascent to power during the age of Pericles and the Sophists, and ending with its transformation into a rational discipline with Aristotle in a time of literacy and empire.

About the author

Nathan Crick is an associate professor of communication at Texas A&M University and author of Democracy and Rhetoric: John Dewey on the Arts of Becoming (University of South Carolina Press) and Rhetorical Public Speaking.

Summary

Explores the history of rhetoric by explaining its origin and development in classical Greece, beginning with the oral displays of Homeric eloquence in a time of kings, following its ascent to power during the age of Pericles and the Sophists, and ending with its transformation into a rational discipline with Aristotle in a time of literacy and empire.

Product details

• Authors: Nathan Crick
• Publisher: Univ of south carolina press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9781611179811
• ISBN: 978-1-61117-981-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Studies in Rhetoric/Communication; Studies in Rhetoric/Communicat; Studies in Rhetoric/Communicat; Studies in Rhetoric & Communic
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics