Classical Rhetoric in English, 1650-1800

A Critical Anthology
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-44228-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 14, 700 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1302 g

Reihe: International Studies in the History of Rhetoric

Classical Rhetoric in English, 1650 - 1800 features English translations of the era’s most cherished Greek and Roman orators, rhetorical philosophers, and rhetorical critics. The publication history reveals how a distinctive British canon emerged from selected works by Plato, Isocrates, Demosthenes, Aristotle, Theophrastus, Cicero, Seneca, Quintilian, Tacitus and Longinus. Works by these ten authors, especially Cicero and Longinus, were widely disseminated, becoming key texts in the formation of British rhetorical culture. At the core of the volume, annotated selections offer the twenty-first century reader a sampling of these classical rhetorical works in translation. The glossary of rhetorical criticism elucidates the now archaic meanings of words that enabled citizens to communicate their moral and rhetorical taste.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sona Smith, Tania

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Rezeption, literarische Einflüsse und Beziehungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Übersetzung, Editionstechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

List of Figures and Tables

Part 1 Critical Introductions

General Introduction

1 Prior Scholarship

2 Methods

3 The Character of Rhetorical Culture 1650–1800

4 Order of Sections

Rhetorical Works by Classical Authors

1 Plato

2 Isocrates

3 Demosthenes

4 Aristotle

5 Theophrastus

6 Cicero

7 Seneca the Younger

8 Quintilian

9 Tacitus

10 Longinus

Part 2 Annotated Selections

Selections from Plato

Selections from Isocrates

Selections from Demosthenes

Selections from Aristotle

Selections from Theophrastus

Selections from Cicero

Selections from Seneca

Selections from Quintilian

Selections from Tacitus

Selections from Longinus

Part 3 Glossary

Bibliography of Primary Sources

Bibliography of Secondary Sources

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Tania Sona Smith, Ph.D. (2002), The Ohio State University, is Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Calgary in Canada. Her scholarship in eighteenth-century British rhetoric includes analyses of The Lady's Rhetorick (1707), Elizabeth Montagu, and Hester Thrale Piozzi.