Rhetoric before and beyond the Greeks

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Carol Lipson, Roberta A. Binkley
SUNY Press, 2004 M08 6 - 267 páginas
Focusing on ancient rhetoric outside of the dominant Western tradition, this collection examines rhetorical practices in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Israel, and China. The book uncovers alternate ways of understanding human behavior and explores how these rhetorical practices both reflected and influenced their cultures. The essays address issues of historiography and raise questions about the application of Western rhetorical concepts to these very different ancient cultures. A chapter on suggestions for teaching each of these ancient rhetorics is included.
 

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Introduction
1
The Birth of Rhetoric
25
Reading the Ancient Figure of Enheduanna
47
The Example of the Third Campaign of Sennacherib 704681 BC
65
It All Comes Down to Maat
79
Law Rhetoric and Gender in Ramesside Egypt
99
The Confucian Perspective
115
A Basis for Deliberation?
131
Rhetoric and the Invention of Classical Chinese Discourse
147
Pentateuchal Rhetoric and the Voice of the Aaronides
165
An Eastern Rival to the Athenian Persuasion
183
A CrossCultural Strategy of Ancient Persuasion
197
The Origins of Early Epitaphia in Ancient Near Eastern Womens Lamentations
213
Suggestions for Teaching Ancient Rhetorics
227
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Carol S. Lipson is Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at Syracuse University Roberta A. Binkley is Lecturer in English at Arizona State University

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