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Background Reading in Western Classical Rhetoric |
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Standard background reading
generally begins with George A. Kennedy's Classical Rhetoric and its
Christian and Secular Tradition (Chapel Hill: UNC P, 1999. A
broader survey may be found in Thomas M. Conley's Rhetoric in the
European Tradition (Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1990). The
premier journal in the history of rhetoric is Rhetorica: A Journal o
f the History of Rhetoric. The major American professional
organizations in the history of rhetoric are the International
Society for the History of Rhetoric and the American
Society for the History of Rhetoric (ASHR). The ASHR website
includes links to a number of valuable resources, including
bibliographies.
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