Rhetoric & Poetics in Antiquity (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780195130355)

This book offers a counter-traditional account of the history of both rhetoric and poetics. In reply to traditional rhetorical histories, which view "rhetoric" primarily as an art of practical civic oratory, the book argues in four extended essays that epideictic-poetic eloquence was central, even fundamental, to the rhetorical tradition in antiquity. In essence, Jeffrey Walker's study accomplishes what in the world of rhetoric studies amounts to a revolution: he demonstrates that in antiquity rhetoric and poetry could not be viewed separately.

Author: Jeffrey Walker
ISBN-10: 0195130359
ISBN-13: 9780195130355
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/13/2000
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.06d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2001 pg. 1265