Rhetoric is arguably one of the oldest disciplines in the world. Its earliest antecedent can be found in the sophist tradition of Classical Greece. Two of the earliest sophists, Tisias and Corax, made a comfortable living traveling around Hellenic Europe teaching people the finer points of oratory. The sophistic tradition was harshly criticized by major philosophers of the time (most notably, Socrates and Plato) as an unintellectual and immoral profession. In Plato's view, rhetoricians (i.e., sophists) were more concerned with appearances rather than substance--in Plato's play Gorgias, he has the character of Socrates accuse the rhetorician/sophist Gorgias of specializing in making the bad case seem best and the best case seem bad.
Petraglia-Bahri, Joseph. Georgia Institute of Technology (1996). Resources>Directories>Rhetoric
A collection of links to websites in rhetoric and technical communication.
A directory of links to resources in rhetoric and technical communication.
Nuopponen, Anita. Vaasan Yliopisto. (Finnish) Resources>Directories>Rhetoric
Rhetoric and Communication Links
Provides a Canadian perspective on the field of technical and professional communication.
MacLennan, Jennifer. University of Saskatchewan (2002). Resources>Directories>TC>Rhetoric
Rhetoric and Technical/Professional Communication
A page of links to resources in rhetoric, technical and professional communication.
Smith, Tania S. University of Calgary (2003). Resources>Directories>TC>Rhetoric
A collection of online resources for visual rhetoric, based at York College of Pennsylvania.
Propen, Amy. York College of Pennsylvania. Resources>Directories>Visual Rhetoric
This page serves as a gateway for an exploration of visual rhetoric. It includes links to course materials, student projects, supplementary resources, exempla, and other web-based material.
Blakesley, David. Purdue University (2000). Resources>Directories>Rhetoric>Visual Rhetoric
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