The genres of rhetorical speeches in Greek and Roman antiquity /
In The Genres of Rhetorical Speeches in Greek and Roman Antiquity , Cristina Pepe offers a complete overview of the concept of speech genre within ancient rhetoric. By analyzing sources dating from the 5th-4th century BC, the author proves that the well-known classification in three rhetorical genre...
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Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2013.
Series:
International Studies in the History of Rhetoric
5.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262430.
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Call Number: PA181 .P47 2013
| Summary: | In The Genres of Rhetorical Speeches in Greek and Roman Antiquity , Cristina Pepe offers a complete overview of the concept of speech genre within ancient rhetoric. By analyzing sources dating from the 5th-4th century BC, the author proves that the well-known classification in three rhetorical genres (deliberative, judicial, epideictic), introduced by Aristotle, was rooted in the debate concerning the forms and functions of the art of persuasion in classical Athens. Genres play a leading role in Aristotle's Rhetoric, and the analysis of considerable sections of the treatise shows profound links between the characterization of the rhetorical genres and Aristotelian philosophy as a whole. Finally, the volume explores the developments of the theory of genres in Hellenistic and Imperial rhetoric. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (636 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004258846 |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |