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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... taught me and , so , given me a voice , especially my mother , Hazel Kendrick Donawerth , who taught me elocution ; my grand- mother , Rhonda Smith Kendrick , who taught me how to use a dictionary ; Doris Lusk , who taught me French ...
... taught me and , so , given me a voice , especially my mother , Hazel Kendrick Donawerth , who taught me elocution ; my grand- mother , Rhonda Smith Kendrick , who taught me how to use a dictionary ; Doris Lusk , who taught me French ...
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... taught sophistic rhetoric to her partner , Pericles.11 Historians generally agree that the speech in its present form , because it mentions events after her death , could not have been written by Aspasia.22 But because other ancient ...
... taught sophistic rhetoric to her partner , Pericles.11 Historians generally agree that the speech in its present form , because it mentions events after her death , could not have been written by Aspasia.22 But because other ancient ...
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... taught elocution by Bishop Daniel Payne at Wilberforce College and graduated in 1873 , making her first public speech as salutatorian . For several years she taught at plantation schools in Mississippi and South Carolina . From 1874 to ...
... taught elocution by Bishop Daniel Payne at Wilberforce College and graduated in 1873 , making her first public speech as salutatorian . For several years she taught at plantation schools in Mississippi and South Carolina . From 1874 to ...
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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 |