Studies in Rhetoric and Public Speaking: In Honor of James Albert WinansAlexander Magnus Drummond Russell & Russell, 1962 - 299 pages |
Contents
PLATO AND ARISTOTLE ON RHETORIC AND RHETORICIANS | 3 |
A LATE MEDIEVAL TRACTATE ON PREACHING | 61 |
FRANCIS BACON THE POLITICAL ORATOR | 91 |
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