Companion to Rhetoric and Rhetorical Criticism

A Companion to Rhetoric offers the first major survey in two decades of the field of rhetorical studies and of the practice of rhetorical theory and criticism across a range of disciplines.

• Assesses rhetoric''s place in the larger intellectual universe.
• Focuses on the practical side of rhetoric, looking at specific works, problems and figures.
• Provides examples of rhetoric from ancient times to t...