Rhetorical Theory by Women Before 1900: An AnthologyJane Donawerth Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 - 337 pages This anthology is the first to feature women's rhetorical theory from the fifth through the nineteenth centuries. Assembling selections on rhetoric, composition, and communication by 24 women around the world, this valuable collection demonstrates an often-overlooked history of rhetoric as well as women's interest in conversation as a model for all discourse. Among the theorists included are Aspasia, Pan Chao, Sei Shonagon, Madeleine de ScudZry, Hannah More, Hallie Quinn Brown, and Mary Augusta Jordan. The book also contains an extensive introduction, explanatory headnotes, and detailed annotations. |
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... important instrument of social and moral influence for both men and women . While Hannah More followed de Scudéry in emphasizing the importance of conversation , she severely restricted the role that women could play . In the process ...
... important instrument of social and moral influence for both men and women . While Hannah More followed de Scudéry in emphasizing the importance of conversation , she severely restricted the role that women could play . In the process ...
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... important topics and to arrange them in the right order . 3. Consider the relative importance of the topics , and decide about how much time and space you can afford to devote to each . A very common mistake , in the writing of ...
... important topics and to arrange them in the right order . 3. Consider the relative importance of the topics , and decide about how much time and space you can afford to devote to each . A very common mistake , in the writing of ...
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... important as it ever was and perhaps more definitely an instrument of good , inasmuch as its methods are better understood and its effects judged of as being within the sphere of ordinary cause and effect . After - dinner speaking has ...
... important as it ever was and perhaps more definitely an instrument of good , inasmuch as its methods are better understood and its effects judged of as being within the sphere of ordinary cause and effect . After - dinner speaking has ...
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Aspasia fifth century B C E | 1 |
Pan Chao c 48117 | 14 |
Sei Shonagon b 965? | 22 |
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References to this book
The SAGE Handbook of Rhetorical Studies Andrea A. Lunsford,Kirt H. Wilson,Rosa A. Eberly No preview available - 2009 |