Nineteenth-century Rhetoric in North America
Author | : Nan Johnson |
Publisher | : SIU Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1991 |
ISBN-10 | : 0809316552 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780809316557 |
Rating | : 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Download or read book Nineteenth-century Rhetoric in North America written by Nan Johnson and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johnson argues that nineteenth-century rhetoric was primarily synthetic, derived from the combination of classical elements and eighteenth-century belletristic and epistemological approaches to theory and practice. She reveals that nineteenth-century rhetoric supported several rhetorical arts, each conceived systematically from a similar theoretical foundation.