{"product_id":"rhetoric-isbn-9781405117739","title":"Rhetoric","description":"This introduction to the art of rhetoric analyzes rhetorical concepts, problems, and methods and teaches practical inquiry through a series of classic rhetorical texts. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn introduction to the art of rhetoric for those who are unacquainted with it and an argument about invention and tradition suitable for specialists\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTexts range from Cicero's \u003ci\u003eDe oratore\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand Augustine’s On Christian Doctrine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eto Jane Austen’s Persuasion\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand Stephen Greenblatt’s Marvellous Possessions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTexts serve simultaneously as works of persuasion and considerations of how rhetoric works\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEngages readers in using rhetoric to deliberate about challenging issues.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Acknowledgments. \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroducting Rhetoric.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I: Classical Rhetorical Traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Rhetorician: Demagogue or Statesman? Plato's Gorgias and Aristotle's Rhetoric.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Eloquence, Persuasion, and Invention: Cicero's De oratore.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Rhetoric and the Search for God: Augustine's On Christian Doctrine and Confessions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Practical Reason or Interested Calculation? Cicero's On Duties and Machiavelli's The Prince.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II: Classical Rhetoric and Literary Interpretation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Tradition and Invention: Bacon's Aphorisms and the Essays.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Deception, Strong Speech, and Mild Discourse in Milton's Early Prose and Paradise Lost.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Prudence and Eloquence in Jane Austen's Persuasion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III: Rhetoric and Contemporary Disciplines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Literary Criticism and Rhetorical Invention: Wayne C. Booth's The Rhetoric of Fiction and Stephen Greenblatt's Marvelous Possessions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Faction Politics and Rhetorical Invention: Eugene Garver's For the Sake of Argument and Danielle S. Allen's Talking to Strangers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Legal Reasoning, Historical Contingency, and Change: Edward H. Levi's An Introduction to Legal Reasoning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Professor Olmsted has produced a much-needed and unique book: an account of rhetorical thinking through the ages focused on specific texts in their cultural contexts. The book does something far more important than impart mere doctrine: it demonstrates how, and teaches one, to think like a rhetorician. It will make an invaluable contribution in and out of the classroom.\" \u003ci\u003eWalter Jost, University of Virgina\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Wendy Olmsted gives scholars and teachers in many disciplines a valuable new kind of historical introduction to rhetoric. In three interrelated sections she provides a clear overview of classical rhetoric, incisive case studies of literature and rhetoric, and a suggestive discussion of rhetorical invention and argument in literary criticism, politics, and law. This book creatively teaches us how to think rhetorically through concrete historical examples of deliberation and judgment.\" \u003ci\u003eSteven Mailloux, University of California\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eWendy Olmsted\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in the New Collegiate Division and in the Humanities Division at the University of Chicago as well as Associated Faculty Member in the Department of Classics (PAMW). Her previous publications include \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Rhetoric and Rhetorical Criticism,\u003c\/i\u003e co-edited with Walter Jost (Blackwell Publishing, 2004) and \u003ci\u003eRhetorical Invention and Religious Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e, co-edited with Walter Jost (Yale University Press, 2000).  This introduction to the art of rhetoric argues that knowledge of rhetoric improves deliberation about particular issues and problems. By mastering rhetorical concepts and modes of argument, readers can address the sometimes turbulent circumstances in their own lives, times, and fields of study. But because rhetoric speaks to the demands of the moment, it must be practiced with an understanding of its historical context. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author provides an intellectual frame for understanding the history and conceptual foundations of rhetoric and gives a strong sense of the ways classic rhetorical texts continue to influence us by providing contexts and resources for contemporary debates. The texts, which range from Aristotle’s \u003ci\u003eRhetoric\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eto\u003c\/i\u003e Edward H. Levi’s \u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to Legal Reasoning and\u003c\/i\u003e Danielle S. Allen’s \u003ci\u003eTalking to Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e serve simultaneously as models of persuasion and as thoughtful considerations of how rhetoric works. Earlier texts serve as contexts for later ones.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989963817189,"sku":"NP9781405117739","price":38.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405117739.jpg?v=1761786049","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/rhetoric-isbn-9781405117739","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}