Interlude

The interlude explores Aristotle’s influential account of rhetorical redescription, showing its limits as a source for understanding paradiastole . It shows how ancient rhetorical treatments of the figure were quite varied, and at times critical of Aristotle’s approach. It concludes by analysing Dionysius of Halicarnassus’ treatment of language and stasis , showing how it critiques Aristotle’s account of redescription in the Rhetoric .