One of the most remarkable trends in the humanities and social
sciences in recent decades has been the resurgence of interest in
the history, theory, and practice of rhetoric: in an age of global
media networks and viral communication, rhetoric is once again
"contagious" and "communicable" (Friedrich Nietzsche). Featuring
sixty commissioned chapters by eminent scholars of rhetoric from
twelve countries, The Oxford Handbook of Rhetorical Studies offers
students and teachers an engaging and sophisticated introduction to
the multidisciplinary field of rhetorical studies. The Handbook
traces the history of Western rhetoric from ancient Greece and Rome
to the present and surveys the role of rhetoric in more than thirty
academic disciplines and fields of social practice. This
combination of historical and topical approaches allows readers to
chart the metamorphoses of rhetoric over the centuries while
mapping the connections between rhetoric and law, politics,
science, education, literature, feminism, poetry, composition,
philosophy, drama, criticism, digital media, art, semiotics,
architecture, and other fields. Chapters provide the information
expected of a handbook-discussion of key concepts, texts, authors,
problems, and critical debates-while also posing challenging
questions and advancing new arguments. In addition to offering an
accessible and comprehensive introduction to rhetoric in the
European and North American context, the Handbook includes a
timeline of major works of rhetorical theory, translations of all
Greek and Latin passages, extensive cross-referencing between
chapters, and a glossary of more than three hundred rhetorical
terms. These features will make this volume a valuable scholarly
resource for students and teachers in rhetoric, English, classics,
comparative literature, media studies, communication, and adjacent
fields. As a whole, the Handbook demonstrates that rhetoric is not
merely a form of stylish communication but a pragmatic, inventive,
and critical art that operates in myriad social contexts and
academic disciplines.
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