Rhetoric and Poetics in Antiquity
New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. [First Edition] First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo., paper boards, pp. 396, notes to pages, works cited, index. Condition. Near fine. Item #10756
ISBN: 0195130359
"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"
Price: $125.00