English 472, Spring 2010

English 472, Rhetorical Studies, Spring 2010

Resouces on Selected Major Figures
(these will be updated as the semester progresses)

Pre-Moderns

Selected General Resources

Diotima — materials for the study of women and gender in the ancient world
Internet Classics — 441 searchable classical texts
Origins of Greek Rhetoric — Margaret D. Zulick's selected bibliography
Plato's Dialogues — useful introductory material on Plato and his works as well as a brief history of interpretation of these works.

Selected Major Figures

Aristotle

The Rhetoric — A hypertextual resource compiled by Lee Honeycutt. This online version of Aristotle's Rhetoric is based on the translation of noted classical scholar W. Rhys Roberts.
Index to Book I —
Outline of Book I —
Notes

Gorgias
- Gorgias (483-375 B.C.E) — biographical information from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Gorgias of Leontini — from Silva Rhetoricae or "The Forest of Rhetoric"
- Notes
Isocrates
Plato
- Plato's Dialogues
- Plato on Rhetoric and Poetry
- Platonic Rhetoric Resources
- Greek Philosophy: Plato
- Reading Guide to the Gorgias
- Notes
Protagoras
- Protagoras
Cicero
- Cicero (106-43 B.C.) — biographical information from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- De Oratore (55 B.C.) — "Silva Rhetoricae" outline and links to hypertext version of this text.
- The Cicero Homepage — Andrew M. Riggsby, UT Austin Classics, provides links to many of Cicero's texts
- Cicero Notes — some notes on Cicero and his work

The New Scientists

Modernists

Postmodernism

Selected General Resources

Selected Major Figures