The genres of rhetorical speeches in Greek and Roman antiquity /

The genres of rhetorical speeches in Greek and Roman antiquity /

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Author / Creator:	Pepe, Cristina, author.
Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013. ©2013
Description:	1 online resource (xviii, 618 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	International studies in the history of rhetoric ; 5 International studies in the history of rhetoric ; 5.
Subject:	Rhetoric, Ancient. Literary form. Literary form. Rhetoric, Ancient. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11208222

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ISBN:	9789004258846 9004258841 1299975917 9781299975910 9789004249844 9004249842
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 543-571) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	In 'The Genres of Rhetorical Speeches in Greek and Roman Antiquity', Cristina Pepe offers a complete overview of the concept of speech genre within ancient rhetoric. By analyzing sources dating from the 5th-4th century BC, the author proves that the well-known classification in three rhetorical genres (deliberative, judicial, epideictic), introduced by Aristotle, was rooted in the debate concerning the forms and functions of the art of persuasion in classical Athens. Genres play a leading role in Aristotle's Rhetoric, and the analysis of considerable sections of the treatise shows profound links between the characterization of the rhetorical genres and Aristotelian philosophy as a whole. Finally, the volume explores the developments of the theory of genres in Hellenistic and Imperial rhetoric.
Other form:	Print version: Pepe, Cristina. Genres of rhetorical speeches in Greek and Roman antiquity 9789004249844
Standard no.:	10.1163/9789004258846

Table of Contents:

Part one. Speech classification in the 5th and 4th century BC
part two. The system of genres in Aristotle's Rhetoric
part three. Rhetorical genres in the Hellenistic and Imperial Ages.