Elements of Rhetoric: Comprising an Analysis of the Laws of Moral Evidence and of Persuasion, with Rules for Argumentative Composition and E Contributor(s): Whately, Richard (Author), Ehninger, Douglas (Editor), Potter, David (Foreword by) |
|
ISBN: 0809329743 ISBN-13: 9780809329748 Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press OUR PRICE: $55.44 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric - Language Arts & Disciplines | Speech & Pronunciation - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - General |
Dewey: 808 |
Series: Landmarks in Rhetoric and Public Address |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (1.35 lbs) 528 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Direct, comprehensive, well organized, simple in statement, Elements of Rhetoric is in all respects well fitted to fulfill its assigned role as a textbook. The remarks on practical problems and the examples and analogies confirm contemporary reports that Whately was himself a talented and stimulating teacher. The modern field of speech was born near the beginning of the twentieth century, some seventy years after Whately wrote. But influential leaders in the new field endorsed Whately's judgments, and courses and textbooks in public address have remained strongly influenced by his ideas. Whately's views on a number of major questions in rhetoric have proved sound and fruitful during many decades of practice, and his book remains one of the most influential works on the subject. |