Greek Drama and the Invention of Rhetoric

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"Every reader, both novice and expert, will learn a greatdeal from this insightful and refreshing study." (Vorlagen und Nachrichten, 1 November 2014) "The book is lively and readable, and should be read by everyoneinterested either in tragedy or in the origins of rhetoric." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 16 June 2013) "Sansone considers a wide range of text and offersa valuable discussion of how many features of formal rhetoric maybe traced back to drama and earlier literary genres." (Anglo-Hellenic Review, 1 March 2013) "The book is elegantly and often wittily written, with awide range of cultural reference, and can strongly be recommendedto anyone interested in the drama of any period." (Rogueclassicism, 26 February 2013) "An impressively erudite, elegantly crafted argument forreversing what 'everybody knows' about the relation oftwo literary genres that played before mass audiences in theAthenian city state." - Victor Bers, Yale University "Sansone's book is first-rate and should be read byany scholar interested in the origins of Greek rhetorical theoryor, for that matter, interested in Greek tragedy. That Greektragedy contains elements properly described as rhetorical isfamiliar, but Sansone goes far beyond this understanding by puttingGreek tragedy at the heart of a counter-narrative of thoseorigins." - Edward Schiappa, The University of Minnesota