Rhetoric and human consciousness
Subtitle: a history
By: Craig R. Smith
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Waveland Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Long Grove, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 458
ISBN-13: 9781577667971
Subjects: Rhetoric; History; Philosophy; Rhetoric and psychology
Description: xiii, 458 pages : 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-442) and index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to rhetorical theory --; title: Rhetoric dimensions of myth and narrative --; title: The development of rhetorical theory in Greece --; title: Aristotle's rhetoric --; title: The Roman rhetorical system --; title: The fall of Rome and the rise of Christianity --; title: The Renaissance of rhetoric --; title: Epistemology and the modern rhetorics --; title: The existential revolt against modernism --; title: Identification and ideology --; title: Kenneth Burke's expansion of rhetoric --; title: Context, function, and media --; title: Postmodern and feminist theories --; title: Rhetorical consciousness.