Hitler’s Evil Oratory—Illuminated by Rhetoricians of Late Antiquity

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The paper tries to identify features of Hitler’s rhetoric that may have made it gripping to large crowds, using a 1940 speech at the ‘Sportpalast’ as example. Observations about powerful rhetoric in Hermogenes and St. Augustine are found to give suggestive hints.

Ancient rhetoric in contemporary political discourse

Periode	13 apr. 2015
Begivenhedstitel	THE CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE: Annual Conference University of Bristol
Begivenhedstype	Konference
Placering	Bristol, StorbritannienVis på kort