Quintilian on the Teaching of Speaking and Writing (Landmarks in Rhetoric and Public Address) - Softcover

Murphy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809313782 ISBN 13: 9780809313785

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Quintilian's method is based on the interrelationship between speaking, reading, and writing. Murphy lists and defines the main elements that appear in the Institutio oratorio. Each of these elements--Precept, Imitation, Composition Exercises, Declamation, and Sequencing--is further subdivided according to goals and exercises. The first two books of the Institutio oratorio concern the early education of the orator, with the focus on the interplay between seen-language and heard-language. Book Ten is an adult's commentary on the instruction of rhetoric. It involves itself primarily with facilitas, the readiness to use language in any situation.

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Review:

"The modern reading of Quintilian is not a mere antiquarian exercise. His book epitomizes the best of a humane approach to literacy."--from the Introduction "The modern reading of Quintilian is not a mere antiquarian exercise. His book epitomizes the best of a humane approach to literacy." from the Introduction

About the Author:

James J. Murphy is Professor of Rhetoric and Communication at the University of California at Davis, and the author of Rhetoric in the Middle Ages.

About this edition

• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0809313782
• ISBN 13: 9780809313785
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216
• Editor: James J. Murphy