Silva Rhetoricae

A Guide to the terms and concepts of classical and renaissance rhetoric, by Dr. Gideon Burton of Brigham Young University.

Adam Smith: Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres

Vol. IV of the Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith, downloadable in multiple formats.

Aristotle: The Art of Rhetoric

Hypertext version compiled by Lee Honeycutt of Iowa State Univerisity,  based on the W. Rhys Roberts English translation.

Cicero: De Inventione

Cicero: De Oratore

Cicero: De Raitone Dicendi ad C. Herrenium

Quintilian: Institutes of Oratory

Hypertext version compiled by Lee Honeycutt of Iowa State University, from Rev. John Selby Watson's 1871 English translation.

St. Augustine: On Christian Doctrine

English translation from Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers

Thomas Wilson: Arte of Rhetorique

Project Gutenberg version of Wilson's Arte of Rhetorique 1560. Ed. G. H. Mair. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909

ACLS Humanities E-Book (HEB)

American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric Database of 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches and other materials.

Database of Early English Playbooks (DEEP)

A searchable database on the publishing, printing, and marketing of English Renaissance drama containing reference material (title pages, paratextual matter, advertising features, bibliographic details, and theatrical backgrounds) for every playbook printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland from the first printings through 1660.

The Internet Classics Archive (MIT)

A searchable collection of 441 works of classical literature (mostly Greco-Roman) by 59 authors. Mainly Greco-Roman works (some Chinese and Persian), all in English translation.

Library of Congress

Includes online materials (images, maps, audio, and video), information on the library, and access to the LOC catalog.

Peitho's Web

A selection of key classical texts in English translation.

Perseus Digital Library

A massive archive of searchable classical and renaissance texts in original languages and English translation, hyperlinked to extensive lexical research tools.

Project Gutenberg

Over 39,000 free ebooks

Renascence Editions

A collection of works printed in English between 1477 and 1799.

Rhetoric & Composition

A collaborative, multi-resource tool.

The U.S. National Archives

Information on collections and instructions for visiting scholars.   

AAR

Asociación Argentina de Retórica

ALR

Asociación Latinoamericana de Retórica (ALR)

ARS Rhetorica

Centre for Rhetorics & Hermeneutics

ASHR

American Society for the History of Rhetoric

CSSR / SCÉR

Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric / Société Canadienne pour l'Étude de la Rhétorique

IAGP

International Association for Greek Philosophy

ISSA

International Society for the Study of Argumentation

NNRH

Nordic Network for the History of Rhetoric / Nordisk Netværk for Retorikkens Historie

RBS

International Society for the Study of Biblical and Semitic Rhetoric

RSE

The Rhetoric Society of Europe

RSA

Rhetoric Society of America

Sociedade Brasileira de Retórica/SBR

Sociedade Brasileira de Retórica/SBR

The African Yearbook of Rhetoric

Argumentation and Advocacy

Argumentation et analyse du discours

Early Modern Literary Studies

18th Century Studies

Informal Logic

Journal for the Study of Rhetorical Criticism of the New Testament

KB Journal

Journal of the Kenneth Burke Society

Montaigne Studies

Philosophy & Rhetoric

Rhetor

Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric

Rhetoric Review

Rhetoric Society Quarterly

Rhetorical Review

Review of books on the history of rhetoric