James J. Murphy
Author of A Short History of Writing Instruction: From Ancient Greece To Modern America
About the Author
James J. Murphy, a professor emeritus at the University of California, Davis, is the author, coauthor, or editor of more than twenty-four books on rhetoric, including A Short History of Writing Instruction and A Synoptic History of Classical Rhetoric.
Works by James J. Murphy
Rhetoric in the Middle Ages : a history of rhetorical theory from Saint Augustine to the Renaissance (1974) 56 copies
Quintilian on the Teaching of Speaking and Writing: Translations from Books One, Two and Ten of the Institutio oratoria… (1987) 49 copies
Demosthenes' on the Crown: A Critical Case Study of a Masterpiece of Ancient Oratory (1967) 11 copies
Arguments in Rhetoric Against Quintilian: Translation and Text of Peter Ramus's Rhetoricae Distinctiones in… (1986) 7 copies
Latin Rhetoric and Education in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (Variorum Collected Studies Series) (2005) 3 copies
Demosthenes' On the Crown 1 copy
Associated Works
De ortu grammaticae studies in medieval grammar and linguistic theory in memory of Jan Pinborg (1990) — Contributor — 4 copies
Studies in medieval linguistic thought : dedicated to Geoffrey L. Bursill-Hall on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday… (1980) — Contributor — 2 copies
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- Canonical name
- Murphy, James J.
- Legal name
- Murphy, James Jerome
- Birthdate
- 1923-09-09
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- professor of rhetoric (University of California, Davis)
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Reviews
Quintillian on the Teaching of Speaking and… by James J. Murphy
Another book I had to a great deal of for school. If you are interested in ancient rhetorical theory, have at it. If not, this book will bore you to tears. I promise.
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