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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... ladies and between ladies and gentlemen . She especially idealizes the empress as a conversationalist who values sincerity in her ladies , who seeks out and elicits comments from the shy ones ( as Shonagon was at first ) , and who keeps ...
... ladies and between ladies and gentlemen . She especially idealizes the empress as a conversationalist who values sincerity in her ladies , who seeks out and elicits comments from the shy ones ( as Shonagon was at first ) , and who keeps ...
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... ladies . But he hardly ever preserved his letters , so that at his death it was necessary to search for them in the hands of others , not in his study . And when one of his female friends and two of his male friends offered to take care ...
... ladies . But he hardly ever preserved his letters , so that at his death it was necessary to search for them in the hands of others , not in his study . And when one of his female friends and two of his male friends offered to take care ...
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... Ladies commonly bring into company minds already too much relaxed by petty pursuits , rather than overstrained by intense application ; the littleness of the employments in which they are usually engaged does not so exhaust their ...
... Ladies commonly bring into company minds already too much relaxed by petty pursuits , rather than overstrained by intense application ; the littleness of the employments in which they are usually engaged does not so exhaust their ...
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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 |