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Ancient rhetoric and poetic

by Charles Sears Baldwin

Level C1 · AdvancedHistorical15 chapters
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About this book

Explore the foundations of ancient rhetoric and poetic through the voices of Aristotle, Cicero, and Vergil, revealing timeless principles of composition that shaped Western literary and rhetorical traditions from Greece to Rome.

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Contents

15 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02PREFACE
03CHAPTER I RHETORIC AND POETIC
04CHAPTER II THE RHETORIC OF ARISTOTLE
05Book I
06Book II
07Book III
08CHAPTER III RHETORIC IN THE DE ORATORE AND ORATOR OF CICERO[1]
09CHAPTER IV THE TEACHING OF RHETORIC
10CHAPTER V THE LITERARY CRITICISM OF RHETORIC
11CHAPTER VI THE POETIC OF ARISTOTLE[1]
12CHAPTER VII POETIC IN ANCIENT DRAMA AND NARRATIVE

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