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• Rhetoric, Greek

  The word “rhetoric” comes from the Greek rhêtorikê , which means “the art of speech,” “the art of speaking”: ...

  Laurent Pernot

  From The International Encyclopedia of Communication

• Rhetoric in Eastern Europe

  Throughout central and eastern Europe (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, ...

  Noemi Marin

  From The International Encyclopedia of Communication

• Rhetoric in Western Europe: Britain

  The tradition of rhetorical theory and practice in Britain is longstanding and vibrant. In the Middle ...

  Sean Patrick O'Rourke

  From The International Encyclopedia of Communication

• Rhetoric in Western Europe: France

  According to the doxa , rhetoric flourished in France under absolutism, enjoyed a fire-and-brimstone ...

  Pierre Zoberman

  From The International Encyclopedia of Communication

• Rhetoric in Western Europe: Germany

  During the early modern period, in Germany rhetoric was taught at grammar schools ( Gymnasien ), both ...

  Dietmar Till

  From The International Encyclopedia of Communication

• Rhetoric in Western Europe: Italy

  Rhetoric has been important for centuries in Italian literary culture. The first development of an Italian ...

  Claudio Marazzini

  From The International Encyclopedia of Communication

• Rhetoric in Western Europe: Spain

  As in the rest of Europe during the “Siècle des lumières,” the decadence of rhetoric was a fact in Spain. ...

  Antonio López Eire

  From The International Encyclopedia of Communication