On Rhetoric: A Theory of Civic Discourse

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Aristotle George A. Kennedy (Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature (Emeritus), Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature (Emeritus), University of North Carolina)

On Rhetoric

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A Theory of Civic Discourse

Aristotle, George A. Kennedy (Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature (Emeritus), Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature (Emeritus), University of North Carolina)

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Oxford University Press
03 September 2006

Semantics; Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval

This new edition of George A. Kennedy's highly acclaimed translation and commentary offers the most faithful English version ever published of On Rhetoric. Based on careful study of the Greek text and informed by the best modern scholarship, the second edition has been fully revised and updated. As in the first edition, Kennedy makes the work readily accessible to modern students by providing an insightful general introduction, helpful section introductions, a detailed outline, extensive explanatory notes, and a glossary of Aristotle's rhetorical terms. Striving to convey a sense of Aristotle's distinctive way of thinking, Kennedy preserves the meaning and technical language of the original text, explaining it in detail as opposed to simplifying it as other translations do. Updated and expanded in light of recent scholarship, the second edition features:
* A revised introduction with two new sections: ""The Strengths and Limitations of On Rhetoric"" and ""Aristotle's Original Audience and His Audience Today""
* A more user-friendly format: running heads now include book and chapter numbers
* An updated bibliography
* Revised appendices that provide translations of new supplementary texts--Socrates' Critique of Sophistic Rhetoric; Lysias' Speech Against the Grain Dealers; two selections from Isocrates (from Against the Sophists and from the Antidosis); selections from Rhetoric for Alexander; and Demosthenes' Third Philippic--and an extensive revision of George A. Kennedy's essay ""The Earliest Rhetorical Handbooks""

By: Aristotle, George A. Kennedy (Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature (Emeritus), Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature (Emeritus), University of North Carolina)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 146mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 404g
ISBN: 9780195305098
ISBN 10: 0195305094
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 03 September 2006
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for On Rhetoric: A Theory of Civic Discourse

Praise for the previous edition: [This book] is much more than a translation; it is a guide to the literature, a mini-commentary, and a do-it-yourself manual to understanding Aristotle. . . . [It] deserves to be the standard translation for decades to come. --Quarterly Journal of Speech