Rhetoric

The following sources are recommended by a professor whose research specialty is rhetoric.

Six Superlative Sources

· Aristotle. On Rhetoric: A Theory of Civil Discourse. Translated by George A. Kennedy. Oxford University Press, 1991.

· Bitzer, Lloyd F. "The Rhetorical Situation." Philosophy and Rhetoric 1 (1968): 1-14.

· Bizzell, Patricia, and Bruce Herzberg. The Rhetorical Tradition: Readings from Classical Times to the Present. 2nd edition. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2001.

· Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De Oratore (55 B.C.E.). Books I-III. Translated by E.W. Sutton and H. Rackham. Harvard University Press, 1942. Book III. Translated by H. Rackham. Harvard University Press, 1942.

· Lanham, Richard. A Handlist of Rhetorical Terms. University of California Press, 1992.

· Whately, Richard. Elements of Rhetoric. Southern Illinois University Press, 1963.

Other Excellent Sources

· Burton, Gideon. Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric. Brigham Young University. http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/silva.htm

· Eidenmuller, Michael E. American Rhetoric. http://www.americanrhetoric.com/

· Levy, Matthew A. Rhetoric and Composition. http://www.rhetcomp.com/

· Rhetorical Studies Resources. Department of Communication Studies, University of Iowa. http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/resources/rhetorical.html

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