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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... nature's work and she does it best . There is as much difference between natural and artifi- cial eloquence as there is between paint and true beauty . So that as a good author well observes , all that's useful in this art , " is the ...
... nature's work and she does it best . There is as much difference between natural and artifi- cial eloquence as there is between paint and true beauty . So that as a good author well observes , all that's useful in this art , " is the ...
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... nature . Elocution is the art of expressing thoughts and sentiments in the most natural manner . But elocution is ... nature . We say attain , and use the word ad- visedly . The varieties of natural expression are as many , perhaps , as ...
... nature . Elocution is the art of expressing thoughts and sentiments in the most natural manner . But elocution is ... nature . We say attain , and use the word ad- visedly . The varieties of natural expression are as many , perhaps , as ...
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An Anthology Jane Donawerth. natures that is aimed at and not the imitation of the nature of another . The powers of our own mind are to be drawn out . Nature is “ true , beautiful , good . ” By culture we are to find these perfections of ...
An Anthology Jane Donawerth. natures that is aimed at and not the imitation of the nature of another . The powers of our own mind are to be drawn out . Nature is “ true , beautiful , good . ” By culture we are to find these perfections of ...
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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 |