Handbook of Classical Rhetoric in the Hellenistic Period: 330 B. C.-A.D. 400
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PublisherBrill Academic Pub
ISBN / ASIN9004099654
ISBN-139789004099654
Sales Rank6,012,301
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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This is an introduction to classical rhetoric as it was practised in the Hellenistic period. It provides a description and analysis of the standard categories of thought, terminology, and theoretical and historical developments of classical rhetoric, as well as useful bibliographies. The essays define the major categories of rhetoric, analyze rhetorical practice according to genre of writing, and discuss individual writers in the rhetorical tradition.