Research Catalog

Title

Rhetoric in antiquity / Laurent Pernot ; translated by W.E. Higgins.

Author

Pernot, Laurent

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2005.

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Details

Description

xiv, 269 p.; 23 cm.

Uniform Title

• Rhétorique dans l'Antiquité. English
• Project Muse UPCC books

Alternative Title

Rhétorique dans l'Antiquité.

Subject

• Rhetoric, Ancient
• Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek > History and criticism
• Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin > History and criticism
• Oratory, Ancient

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• "Originally published in 2000 as 'La rhétorique dans l'Antiquité' by Librairie générale française in the series "Antiquité" edited by Paul Demont"-- (Verso of title page).

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-251) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Rhetoric before "rhetoric" -- 2. The Sophistic revolution -- 3. The Athenian moment -- 4. The Hellenistic globalization -- 5. The Roman way and Romanization -- 6. The empire : innovation in the tradition -- Conclusion : the heritage of Greco-Roman rhetoric -- Thesaurus : the system of rhetoric.

ISBN

0813214076 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

• ^^2004012526
• 9780813214078

OCLC

• 55597149
• SCSB-11625589

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library