Rhetoric in Byzantium

Contents: Introduction, Elizabeth Jeffreys The uses of rhetoric: Rhetoric and writing strategies in the 9th century, Martha Vinson The rhetoric of Kekaumenos, Charlotte Roueche Teachers and students of rhetoric in the late Byzantine period, C.N. Constantinides Byzantine imperial panegyric as advice literature (1204-ca. 1350), Dimiter Angelov, Public uses of rhetoric: Court poetry: questions of motifs, structure and function, Wolfram HA randner 'Rhetorical' texts, Michael Jeffreys Dramatic device or didactic tool? The function of dialogue in Byzantine preaching, Mary Cunningham Literature and rhetoric: How should a Byzantine text be read?, Jakov Ljubarskij Praise and persuasion: argumentation and audience response in epideictic oratory, Ruth Webb The role of vocabulary in Byzantine rhetoric as a stylistic device, Erich Trapp Rhetoric, theory and the imperative of performance: Byzantium and now, Margaret Mullett Rhetoric and historiography: George of Pisidia and the persuasive word: words, words, words, ... , Mary Whitby The rhetorical structures of Skylitzes' Synopsis Historion, Catherine Holmes George Akropolites' rhetoric, Ruth Macrides Rhetoric and visual images: Byzantine rhetoric, Latin drama and the portrayal of the New Testament, Henry Maguire 'Living painting', Robin Cormack Text and picture in manuscripts: what's rhetoric got to do with it?, Leslie Brubaker Index.

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