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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Elizabeth Jeffreys , Ms. Rowena LoverancePublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: New edition Weight: 0.700kg ISBN: 9780754634539ISBN 10: 0754634531 Pages: 294 Publication Date: 13 June 2003 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly 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 ContentsContents: Introduction, Elizabeth Jeffreys; The uses of rhetoric: Rhetoric and writing strategies in the 9th century, Martha Vinson; The rhetoric of Kekaumenos, Charlotte Roueché; Teachers and students of rhetoric in the late Byzantine period, C.N. Constantinides; Byzantine imperial panegyric as advice literature (1204-ca. 1350), Dimiter Angelov, Public uses of rhetoric: Court poetry: questions of motifs, structure and function, Wolfram Hörandner; 'Rhetorical' texts, Michael Jeffreys; Dramatic device or didactic tool? The function of dialogue in Byzantine preaching, Mary Cunningham; Literature and rhetoric: How should a Byzantine text be read?, Jakov Ljubarskij; Praise and persuasion: argumentation and audience response in epideictic oratory, Ruth Webb; The role of vocabulary in Byzantine rhetoric as a stylistic device, Erich Trapp; Rhetoric, theory and the imperative of performance: Byzantium and now, Margaret Mullett; Rhetoric and historiography: George of Pisidia and the persuasive word: words, words, words, ... , Mary Whitby; The rhetorical structures of Skylitzes' Synopsis Historion, Catherine Holmes; George Akropolites' rhetoric, Ruth Macrides; Rhetoric and visual images: Byzantine rhetoric, Latin drama and the portrayal of the New Testament, Henry Maguire; 'Living painting', Robin Cormack; Text and picture in manuscripts: what's rhetoric got to do with it?, Leslie Brubaker; Index.Reviews'... a valuable addition to this inadequately represented area of scholarship. It suggests that it was a very stimulating symposium.' Parergon '... a valuable addition to this inadequately represented area of scholarship. It suggests that it was a very stimulating symposium.' Parergon Author InformationElizabeth Jeffreys is Bywater and Sotheby Professor of Byzantine and Modern Greek Language and Literature and Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford University, UK Elizabeth Jeffreys, Martha Vinson, Charlotte Roueche, C.N. Constantinides, Dimiter Angelov, Wolfram Horandner, Michael Jeffreys, Mary Cunningham, Jakov Ljubarskij, Ruth Webb, Erich Trapp, Margaret Mullett, Mary Whitby, Catherine Holmes, Ruth Macrides, Henry Maguire, Robin Cormack, Leslie Brubaker. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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