Carter – The Role of Invention in Belletristic Rhetoric: A Study of the Lectures of Adam Smith
Carter, Michael. “The Role of Invention in Belletristic Rhetoric: A Study of the Lectures of Adam Smith.” RSQ: Rhetoric Society Quarterly 18 1 (1988): 3-13. Print. Adam Smith’s contribution to rhetoric included the first unification of belles letters and rhetoric and his role as Hugh Blair’s teacher while in the Scottish provinces. Carter defines belletristic rhetoric thusly: “a study of the common ground shared by classical rhetoric... Read More
Crowley – Invention in 19th Century Rhetoric
Crowley, Sharon. “Invention in Nineteenth-Century Rhetoric.” College Composition and Communication 36 1 (1985): 51-60. Print. In this piece Crowley argues against the charge that 19th century rhetoricians like Alexander Bain, John Franklin Genung, Adams Sherman Hill, and Barrett Wendell lacked originality in their rhetorical works. Crowley claims that the theoretical tradition passed on from 18th century rhetoricians provided huge problems... Read More
Edward Young – Conjectures on Original Composition, 1759
Edward Young – “Conjectures on Original Composition” 1759 Young highlights how writing is not a product of craft or of the muses by noting that, “How independent of the world is he, who can daily find new Acquaintance, that at once entertain, and improve him, in the little World, the minute but fruitful Creation, of his own mind?” Again, Young recognizes that the creation of man’s own mind is the result of where the “glorious fruits... Read More
CCR691 – VTB’s Spiritual Literacy – Ch. 1 for Comment
Tolar-Burton, Vicki. Spiritual Literacy in John Wesley’s Methodism: Reading, Writing, and Speaking to Believe. Waco: Baylor UP, 2008. Print. Chapter One: John Wesley and the Rhetorical and Literacy Practices of Early Methodism Summary: There’s a lot going on in this section as it introduces the reader to Wesley’s program and also serves as the blueprint for the remainder of the book. Early in the introduction, VTB lays out a couple... Read More
