Author : Alan G. Gross,Arthur E. Walzer
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 080932847X
Rereading Aristotle's Rhetoric by Alan G. Gross,Arthur E. Walzer Pdf
In this collection edited by Alan G. Gross and Arthur E. Walzer, scholars in communication, rhetoric and composition, and philosophy seek to “reread” Aristotle’s Rhetoric from a purely rhetorical perspective. So important do these contributors find the Rhetoric, in fact, that a core tenet in this book is that “all subsequent rhetorical theory is but a series of responses to issues raised by the central work.” The essays reflect on questions basic to rhetoric as a humanistic discipline. Some explore the ways in which the Rhetoric explicates the nature of the art of rhetoric, noting that on this issue, the tensions within the Rhetoric often provide a direct passageway into our own conflicts.