Sansone Greek Drama and the Invention of Rhetoric

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-35837-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, E-Book

* Asserts a novel and controversial theory on the origins of rhetoric that differs radically from the standard view
* Argues that it was the theatre of Ancient Greece, first appearing around 500 BC, that prompted
* the development of formalized rhetoric, which evolved soon thereafter
* Provides a cogent reworking of existing evidence
* Reveals the bias and inconsistency of Aristotle

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sansone, David

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Part One: What Drama Does and How It Does It
1. Setting the Stage
2. Seeing is Believing
3. The Muse Takes a Holiday
4. "It's counterpoint," he countered, andpointed.
5. Illusion and Collusion
6. Reaction Time
Part Two: The Second Stage: The Invention of Rhetoric
7. Paradigm Shift Happens
8. Perhaps You Will Object
9. Putting the Accuser on Trial
Works Cited

Über Autor(innen)

David Sansone is Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Illinois. A former editor of the journal Illinois Classical Studies, he has also served on the editorial boards of Classical Philology and Bryn Mawr Classical Review, and been a member of the Board of Directors of the American Philological Association. He is the author of Greek Athletics and the Genesis of Sport (1988), Plutarch: Lives of Aristeides and Cato (1989) and Ancient Greek Civilization (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009).