Rhetoric

A Synoptic History of Classical Rhetoric is the premier text for undergraduate courses and graduate seminars in the history of rhetoric. Offering vivid examples of each classical rhetor, rhetorical period, and source text, students are led to understand rhetoric's role in the exchange of knowledge a..

A Synoptic History of Classical Rhetoric is the premier text for undergraduate courses and graduate seminars in the history of rhetoric. Offering vivid examples of each classical rhetor, rhetorical period, and source text, students are led to understand rhetoric's role in the exchange of knowledge a..

_x000D_ A Theory of Contemporary Rhetoric describes, explains, and argues the overarching theory of contemporary (in contrast to classical) rhetoric. This current perspective on rhetoric brings together themes in the communication arts, including political literary criticism; bi- and multi-lingualis..

This volume examines the role of rhetoric in today’s culture of democratic activism. In presenting a variety of political and rhetorical struggles in their specific contexts, editors Seth Kahn and JongHwa Lee allow contributors to reflect on and elaborate possibilities for both activist approaches t..

This volume examines the role of rhetoric in today’s culture of democratic activism. In presenting a variety of political and rhetorical struggles in their specific contexts, editors Seth Kahn and JongHwa Lee allow contributors to reflect on and elaborate possibilities for both activist approaches t..

Rhetorical scholarship has for decades relied solely on culture to explain persuasive behavior. While this focus allows for deep explorations of historical circumstance, it neglects the powerful effects of biology on rhetorical behavior – how our bodies and brains help shape and constrain rhetorical..

Tracing the origins, functions, and implications of the red peril, this study illustrates how historical representations of the Chinese threat continue to limit understanding of U.S.-Sino relations by keeping the nations’ relationship mired in the past...

This volume analyzes how public rhetoric, argumentation, and discourse led to the successful change in government in South Africa. Intended for scholars and students in rhetoric, speech, political communication, persuasion, and related areas...

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This text offers students a method for mastering and understanding the rhetorical patterns that comprise expository writing. Exercises ask students to arrange jumbled sentences into logical order, forming model essays for standard rhetorical patterns such as comparison/contrast...

Argumentation in Higher Education offers professors, lecturers and researchers informative guidance for teaching effective argumentation skills to their undergraduate and graduate students. This professional guide aims to make the complex topic of argumentation open and transparent...

This volume examines the development of the rhetoric & composition disciplines through a historical analysis of the journals that published scholarship in these areas. For scholars, researchers, teachers, and students of composition & rhetoric...