Rereading Aristotle's Rhetoric
Alan G. Gross, Professor Arthur E. Walzer, "Rereading Aristotle's Rhetoric"
English | 2008 | ISBN: 080932847X, 0809322676 | PDF | pages: 239 | 1.6 mb
English | 2008 | ISBN: 080932847X, 0809322676 | PDF | pages: 239 | 1.6 mb
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.