Abstract: List of plates List of abbreviations Preface Introduction Part I. Ancients and Moderns: 1. Ancients and moderns: the problem of cultural progress 2. Opposition to antiquity: Charles Perrault 3. The interpretation of early Greek epic: Mme Dacier and the Homeric war 4. Pope's view of Homer: 'fire' and invention 5. Voltaire and the poetry of the primitive age Part II. Primitivism and Realism: 6. Epic genius: the departure from the neoclassical model 7. Vico's discovery of the true Homer 8. Thomas Blackwell: the problem of Homer's genius 9. Notions of poetry and society in the controversy about Ossian 10. The primitivists and the primitive bard 11. Poetry is 'original imitation': Robert Wood's theory of the Homeric epic 12. The originality of Homer: some conclusions Notes Bibliography Index.

Abstract: Since its original publication by UNC Press in 1980, this book has provided thousands of students with a concise introduction and guide to the history of the classical tradition in rhetoric, the ancient but ever vital art of persuasion. Now, George Kennedy offers a thoroughly revised and updated edition of Classical Rhetoric and Its Christian and Secular Tradition . From its development in ancient Greece and Rome, through its continuation and adaptation in Europe and America through the Middle Ages and Renaissance, to its enduring significance in the twentieth century, he traces the theory and practice of classical rhetoric through history. At each stage of the way, he demonstrates how new societies modified classical rhetoric to fit their needs. For this edition, Kennedy has updated the text and the bibliography to incorporate new scholarship; added sections relating to women orators and rhetoricians throughout history; and enlarged the discussion of rhetoric in America, Germany, and Spain. He has also included more information about historical and intellectual contexts to assist the reader in understanding the tradition of classical rhetoric. |A revised and updated edition of the popular and widely used guide to the classical tradition of rhetoric from its development in ancient Greece and Rome to the 20th-century.

Abstract: Tertullien, De carne Christi, 5,4| citation usuelle, deformee| paradoxe, non pas pensee absurde.