Resources
- Sites of General Interest
- On-Line Full-Text Rhetorics
- Sites with Collections of texts
- Other Scholarly Societies
- Scholarly Journals
Sites of General Interest
Silva Rhetoricae
A Guide to the terms and concepts of classical and renaissance rhetoric, by Dr. Gideon Burton of Brigham Young University.
On-Line Full-Text Rhetorics
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.
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
Sites with Collections of texts
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 (https://ishr-web.org/aws/ISHR/am/gi, 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.
Other Scholarly Societies
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
KCL
King's College London Rhetoric Society
The King’s College London Rhetoric Society was founded with a view to unite students in an interdisciplinary venture and to propagate Rhetoric as an academic ‘subject’ in its own right.
NNRH
Nordic Network for the History of Rhetoric / Nordisk Netværk for Retorikkens Historie
NOP
Network for Oratory and Politics based at Glasgow University
RBS
International Society for the Study of Biblical and Semitic Rhetoric
Revista de la Asociación Argentina de Retórica
Revista de la Asociación Argentina de Retórica
RSE
The Rhetoric Society of Europe
RSA
Rhetoric Society of America
Rhetoric Society of Portugal (SPR - Sociedade Portuguesa de Retórica)
Rhetoric Society of Portugal (SPR - Sociedade Portuguesa de Retórica)
Sociedade Brasileira de Retórica/SBR
Sociedade Brasileira de Retórica/SBR
Scholarly Journals
KB Journal
Journal of the Kenneth Burke Society
Rhetor
Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric
Rhetorical Review
Review of books on the history of rhetoric
