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Berlin, James A

 
9780809311668: Writing Instruction in Nineteenth-Century American Colleges
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0809311666 ISBN 13 : 9780809311668
Editeur : Southern Illinois University Press, 1984

Synopsis

Defining a rhetoric as a social invention arising out of a particular time, place, and set of circumstances, Berlin notes that "no rhetoric--not Plato's or Aris­totle's or Quintilian's or Perelman's--is permanent." At any given time several rhetorics vie for supremacy, with each attracting adherents representing vari­ous views of reality expressed through a rhetoric.

Traditionally rhetoric has been seen as based on four interacting elements: "re­ality, writer or speaker, audience, and language." As emphasis shifts from one element to another, or as the interaction between elements changes, or as the def­initions of the elements change, rhetoric changes. This alters prevailing views on such important questions as what is ap­pearance, what is reality.

In this interpretive study Berlin classi­fies the three 19th-century rhetorics as classical, psychological-epistemological, and romantic, a uniquely American development growing out of the transcen­dental movement. In each case studying the rhetoric provides insight into society and the beliefs of the people.

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À propos de l'auteur

James A. Berlin teaches in the English department at the University of Cincinnati.

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Éditeur
Southern Illinois University Press
Date d'édition
1984
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0809311666
ISBN 13 
9780809311668
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
114
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