The rhetoric of circumstances in autobiography

Autobiography confronts the issues of communication implicit in epideixis. A close reading of Plato's Apology and St. Augustine's Confessions demonstrates how rhetorical issues of praise and the communication of values have been elements of the genre from its first examples.

Bibliographic Details
Author:Andrew Kaplan
Published: S.n., s.l., 1992
Volume:10
Pages:71-98
Language:English
Periodical:Rhetorica
Format:Article
Topic:- Biography > Relations and Sources > Platonism - Neo-platonism > Plato > Plato
- Works > Augustine writer > Rhetoric. Dialectic
- Works > Confessiones
Status:Needs Review
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Summary:Autobiography confronts the issues of communication implicit in epideixis. A close reading of Plato's Apology and St. Augustine's Confessions demonstrates how rhetorical issues of praise and the communication of values have been elements of the genre from its first examples.