8th Edition
The History and Theory of Rhetoric An Introduction
1. An Overview of Rhetoric
2. The Origins and Early History of Rhetoric
3. Plato versus the Sophists: Rhetoric on Trial
4. Aristotle on Rhetoric
5. Rhetoric at Rome
6. Rhetoric in Christian Europe and North America
7. Rhetoric in the Renaissance
8. Enlightenment Rhetoric
9. Rhetoric and Modernity
10. Rhetoric and Postmodernity
11. Rhetoric in the Twenty-First Century
Biography
Luke Winslow is Associate Professor of Rhetorical Studies in the Department of Communication at Baylor University. His teaching and research interests include rhetorical studies, political communication, and the rhetoric of religion. He is the author of numerous scholarly essays and five books, including Oligarchy in America: Power, Justice, and the Rule of the Few. He lives in Waco, Texas, with his wife, Addie, and their three children.
James A. Herrick was Emeritus Professor of Communication at Hope College, USA. His publications included Argumentation: Understanding and Shaping Arguments, 6th edition (2017) and Visions of Technological Transcendence: Human Enhancement and the Rhetoric of the Future (2017). In 2020, Dr. Herrick retired after teaching at Hope College for 36 years. He passed away on May 24, 2024.
