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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... speak lasciviously to foul the ears of the chaste . And there is no wit in a clownish discourse . And to speak like a gentleman is to speak honestly , civilly , and confidently . To speak like a wise man is to speak properly , timely ...
... speak lasciviously to foul the ears of the chaste . And there is no wit in a clownish discourse . And to speak like a gentleman is to speak honestly , civilly , and confidently . To speak like a wise man is to speak properly , timely ...
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... 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 . But my best friend17 says he is not of my opinion , for he says women ...
... 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 . But my best friend17 says he is not of my opinion , for he says women ...
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An Anthology Jane Donawerth. if any of you blind priests that speak against women's speaking can preach after this manner , who cannot make such a sermon as this woman did , and yet will make a trade of this woman and other women's words ...
An Anthology Jane Donawerth. if any of you blind priests that speak against women's speaking can preach after this manner , who cannot make such a sermon as this woman did , and yet will make a trade of this woman and other women's words ...
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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 |