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A New Understanding Of Sophistic Rhetoric: A Translation, With Commentary, Of Mario Untersteiner's "Le Origini Sociali Della Sofistica", Elisabeth Lofaro
A New Understanding Of Sophistic Rhetoric: A Translation, With Commentary, Of Mario Untersteiner's "Le Origini Sociali Della Sofistica", Elisabeth Lofaro
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation translates an essay by Mario Untersteiner "Le origini sociali della sofistica" ("The Social Origins of Sophistry") unpublished in English, and explores its significance in terms of classical and contemporary rhetorical theory, as well as the composition classroom. In the process, I attempt to contribute to reestablishing sophistry and rhetoric within our contemporary cultural milieu. More specifically, the dissertation is organized into five main parts: The first chapter offers an introduction to and thorough background of the sophists in ancient and classical Greece; the second chapter reviews the scholarship about the sophists, as well as that on Mario Untersteiner …
Penn State: Symbol And Myth, Gary G. Desantis
Penn State: Symbol And Myth, Gary G. Desantis
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This thesis will focus on the popular culture iconography of the Pennsylvania State University: the Nittany Lion-as a symbol and apolitical mascot; Happy Valley, the geographic area in which the university is located, as a kind of sacred place and utopia in the Keystone State; football-its hallowed shrines, legendary coaches, and heroic players; regional foods and delicacies-from the unique offerings of the area's diners to the University Creamery (where patrons yearly consume more than 750,000 ice cream cones); and Lion Shrine and the adjacent Nittany Lion Inn-where the faithful have made pilgrimages since the early-twentieth century. The sum of these …
God, Civil Society, And Congregations As Public Moral Companions, Gary M. Simpson
God, Civil Society, And Congregations As Public Moral Companions, Gary M. Simpson
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