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OverviewExamines rhetorical practices in cultures and time periods that have received little attention to date. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Carol S. Lipson , Roberta A. BinkleyPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.562kg ISBN: 9780791460993ISBN 10: 0791460991 Pages: 274 Publication Date: 06 August 2004 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Introduction Mesopotamian Rhetoric The Birth of Rhetoric William W. Hallo The Rhetoric of Origins and the Other: Reading the Ancient Figure of Enheduanna Roberta Binkley Neo-Assyrian Rhetoric: The Example of the Third Campaign of Sennacherib (704--681 B.C.) Paul Y. Hoskisson and Grant M. Boswell Egyptian Rhetoric Ancient Egyptian Rhetoric: It All Comes Down to Maat Carol S. Lipson Law, Rhetoric, and Gender in Ramesside Egypt Deborah Sweeney Chinese Rhetoric The Use of Eloquence: The Confucian Perspective George Q. Xu Confucian Silence and Remonstration: A Basis for Deliberation? Arabella Lyon ""Nothing Can Be Accomplished If the Speech Does Not Sound Agreeable:"" Rhetoric and the Invention of Classical Chinese Discourse Yameng Liu Biblical Rhetoric Pentateuchal Rhetoric and the Voice of the Aaronides David Metzger Alternative Greek Rhetoric The Art of Rhetoric at Rhodes: An Eastern Rival to the Athenian Representation of Classical Rhetoric Richard Leo Enos Cross-Cultural Rhetorical Studies Story-List-Sanction: A Cross-Cultural Strategy of Ancient Persuasion James W. Watts Song to Speech: The Origins of Early Epitaphia in Ancient Near Eastern Women's Lamentations C. Jan Swearingen Suggestions for Teaching Ancient Rhetorics List of Contributors Index"ReviewsThese essays forcefully and engagingly challenge the academic commonplace that Athenian rhetoric is foundational. Scholars teaching 'the classical' will need to pay close attention to the expanded corpus, and they will use this book as a central text in histories of rhetoric courses and as a supplement to more mainstream texts. """These essays forcefully and engagingly challenge the academic commonplace that Athenian rhetoric is foundational. Scholars teaching 'the classical' will need to pay close attention to the expanded corpus, and they will use this book as a central text in histories of rhetoric courses and as a supplement to more mainstream texts.""" Author InformationCarol S. Lipson is Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at Syracuse University. Roberta A. Binkley is Lecturer in English at Arizona State University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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