Reviews for An Introduction to Classical Rhetoric: Essential Readings

The average rating for An Introduction to Classical Rhetoric: Essential Readings based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-09-12 00:00:00 WREN MASSEY I really like this textbook. When trying to find a book for a 3000 Classical rhetoric course I wanted something that contained classical writings. This book has that and also does a wonderful job of contextualizing the historical moment and the authors. I HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone teaching classical rhetoric or someone just wanting a general understanding of classical rhetoric.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-01-04 00:00:00 Jw Loy William's is very detail but at times longwinded, and well the large, longer excerpts of the works were helpful at times, they more often tedious and confusing. Not enough build up for the actually texts - large focus on the history of the authors. Also the lack of stefano numbers to reference certain sections in the works easier was annoying.