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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... talk too much is an overweening opinion of themselves in thinking they speak well , and striving to take off that blemish from their sex of knowing little by speaking much , as thinking many words have the same weight of much knowledge ...
... talk too much is an overweening opinion of themselves in thinking they speak well , and striving to take off that blemish from their sex of knowing little by speaking much , as thinking many words have the same weight of much knowledge ...
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... talk well , it is necessary that the motive prompting our speech be right and pure ; and we can be sure of that only as it is cleansed by the blood of Christ ” “ To talk well ” is a translation of Quintilian's rhetorical dictum that ...
... talk well , it is necessary that the motive prompting our speech be right and pure ; and we can be sure of that only as it is cleansed by the blood of Christ ” “ To talk well ” is a translation of Quintilian's rhetorical dictum that ...
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An Anthology Jane Donawerth. The wonder is that women talk as well as they do , since they are not allowed their full share of practice . They do hardly a thousandth part of the public speaking . It is not they who talk against time at ...
An Anthology Jane Donawerth. The wonder is that women talk as well as they do , since they are not allowed their full share of practice . They do hardly a thousandth part of the public speaking . It is not they who talk against time at ...
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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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The SAGE Handbook of Rhetorical Studies Andrea A. Lunsford,Kirt H. Wilson,Rosa A. Eberly No preview available - 2009 |