A Synoptic History of Classical Rhetoric

Contents: Preface. Introduction. Part I: Theories of Rhetoric. R.A. Katula, The Origins of Rhetoric: Literacy and Democracy in Ancient Greece. R.A. Katula, J.J. Murphy, The Sophists and Rhetorical Consciousness. F.I. Hill, Aristotle's Rhetorical Theory. With a Synopsis of Aristotle's Rhetoric. J.J. Murphy, The Codification of Roman Rhetoric. With a Synopsis of the Rhetorica and Herennium. D.J. Ochs, Cicero's Rhetorical Theory. With Synopses of Cicero's Seven Rhetorical Works. J.J. Murphy, Roman Educational and Rhetorical Theory. With a Synopsis of Quintilian's Institutio Oratoria. J.J. Murphy, The End of the Ancient World: The Second Sophistic and Saint Augustine. Part II: Practice. Eight Classical Texts for Reading, Study and Criticism Selected by R.A. Katula.Pericles, The Funeral Oration. Lysias, On the Refusal of a Pension to the Invalid. Plato, The Apology of Socrates. Gorgias, Encomium to Helen. Isocrates, Areopagiticus: A Few Wise Laws Wisely Administered. Demosthenes, The First Philippic. Cicero, The First Speech Against Lucius Sergius Catiline. Cicero, In Defense of the Poet Archias. Appendices: Subject Outline for Future Study. A Basic Library for the Study of Classical Rhetoric.