Rereading Aristotle's Rhetoric

Contents

vii Contents Preface ix On Book 1 of the Rhetoric 1. Aristotle’s Rhetoric and the Contemporary Arts of Practical Discourse 3 Robert N. Gaines 2. What Aristotle Meant by Rhetoric 24 Alan G. Gross 3. Aristotle on Speaking “Outside the Subject”: The Special Topics and Rhetorical Forums 38 Arthur E. Walzer On Book 2 of the Rhetoric 4. The Contemporary Irrelevance of Aristotle’s Practical Reason 57 Eugene Garver 5. Pathos and Katharsis in “Aristotelian” Rhetoric: Some Implications 74 Jeffrey Walker 6. Aristotle’s Enthymeme as Tacit Reference 93 Thomas B. Farrell 7. Two Systems of Invention: The Topics in the Rhetoric and The New Rhetoric 107 Barbara Warnick 8. The Aristotelian Topos: Hunting for Novelty 130 Carolyn R. Miller On Book 3 of the Rhetoric 9. Aristotelian Lexis and Renaissance Elocutio 149 Lawrence D. Green 10. Aristotle and Theories of Figuration 166 Jeanne Fahnestock 11. Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Guide to the Scholarship 185 Arthur E. Walzer, Michael Tiffany, and Alan G. Gross Literature Cited 207 Contributors 227 Index 231 viii ...