On Rhetoric: A Theory of Civic Discourse

New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. Octavo in xvi, 335 pages; 22 cm Fine in fine faintly spine-sunned jacket; nearly as new. in fine dust-jacket. Hardcover. ISBN: 0195064860

In English; Translated from the Greek. "Based on careful study of the Greek text and informed by the best modern scholarship, it is the most faithful English version ever published of the book that first defined and organized the study of civic discourse along philosophical lines and still shapes the study of rhetoric and composition in modern times. Comprehensive introductory discussions, a detailed outline, extensive notes, and a glossary of Aristotle's rhetorical terms make the work readily accessible to modern students, while an appendix offers translations of relevant ancient texts and essays on the treatise, with an evaluation of its strengths and weaknesses. -- Publishers description. Contents: Introduction -- A. Aristotle's Life and Works -- B. Rhetoric before Aristotle -- C. Aristotle's View of Rhetoric -- D.A Chapter by Chapter Outline of the Rhetoric -- E. Some Questions for Discussion -- Translation and notes -- Book 1 -- Book 2 -- Book 3 -- Appendix -- Part I: Supplementary Texts -- A. Gorgias's Encomium of Helen -- B. Art as an Intellectual Virtue, from Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 6.4 -- C. An Introduction to Dialectic, from Aristotle, Topics 1.1-3 -- D. Cicero's Description of Aristotle's Synagoge Tekhnon -- E. Word Choice and Metaphor, from Aristotle, Poetics, Chapter 21 -- F. The Concept of the Enthymeme as Understood in the Modern Period -- Part II: Supplementary Essays -- A. The Composition -- B. The History of the Text after Aristotle -- C. The Strength and Weaknesses of Rhetoric -- Glossary of Aristotle's Rhetorical Terms -- Bibliography -- Index.