| Menander: A Rhetor in Context Contributor(s): Heath, Malcolm (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199259208 ISBN-13: 9780199259205 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2004 Annotation: Ancient schools of rhetoric taught students how to devise arguments in legal and political disputes, and how to express them. Many scholars believe that these techniques increasingly lost their practical relevance under the Roman Empire. This detailed reassessment of the history and social significance of rhetoric in late antiquity shows how it was taught, and why the skills it promoted were still believed to have a direct application in the subsequent careers of the rhetoricians' pupils. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 885.01 |
| LCCN: 2004303048 |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 5.68" W x 8.48" (1.31 lbs) 394 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ancient schools of rhetoric taught students how to devise arguments in legal and political disputes, and how to express them. Many scholars believe that these techniques increasingly lost their practical relevance under the Roman Empire. This detailed reassessment of the history and social significance of rhetoric in late antiquity shows how it was taught, and why the skills it promoted were still believed to have a direct application in the subsequent careers of the rhetoricians' pupils. |