Rhetoric Review Jan 2025 Open Access

Sylvan Rhetoric in the Planes of Plato’s <i>Phaedrus</i>

Madison Jones University of Rhode Island

Abstract

Over the past few decades, Plato’s Phaedrus has become an important text for scholars interested in tracing new materialist approaches to the history of rhetoric and writing. Drawing on rhetoric and plant studies scholarship, this essay contributes to this conversation by arguing that trees disclose an important layer of irony in the dialogue, producing a deep, if not ambivalent, unity that brings together rhetoric, writing, and discourse. Through a study of trees in the dialogue, this essay demonstrates how the Phaedrus offers rich connections between spatial, nonhuman, and ecological dimensions of writing, rhetoric, and discourse.

Journal
Rhetoric Review
Published
2025-01-02
DOI
10.1080/07350198.2024.2425483
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