Howell – Poetics, Rhetoric, and Logic: Studies in the Basic Disciplines of Criticism (selections)
Howell, Wilbur Samuel. Poetics, Rhetoric, and Logic : Studies in the Basic Disciplines of Criticism. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1975. Print. (Selections) Introduction H. is making an argument for an expansive theory of literature in his introduction. This theory would not only take into account conventional literature but also include the whole of nonfiction – “rhetoric and logic as well as poetics” (19). That being... Read More
McKenna – Adam Smith: The Rhetoric of Propriety
McKenna, Stephen. Adam Smith: The Rhetoric of Propriety. Carbondale: SIU Press, 2005. Print. M. argues in this work that when Smith’s Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres is read in connection with his other work and in the context of the time in which Smith was writing, there is a unique contribution to the study of rhetoric . . . Smith offers a new connection between the act of communication and the field/practice of ethics. Chapter... Read More
Walzer – George Campbell: Rhetoric in the Age of Enlightenment (selections)
Walzer, Arthur. George Campbell: Rhetoric in the Age of Enlightenment. Carbondale: SIU Press, 2002. Print. On Method: Walzer is doing spirited, old-fashioned archival research in this book. He notes that “I present this book as an historical reconstruction of an important rhetorical text, that is, a work that, in Edward Schiappa’s definition, attempts to reconstruct an important text as much as possible ‘in the words... Read More
Remer – Rhetoric as a Balancing of Ends: Cicero and Machiavelli
Citation: Remer, Gary. “Rhetoric as a Balancing of Ends: Cicero and Machiavelli.” Philosophy & Rhetoric 42.1 (2009): 1-28. Print. Abstract: The author compares and contrasts the role of rhetoric in the political philosophies of Cicero and Niccolo Machiavelli. The moral character of glory and a commitment to the good and beneficial in the politics of Cicero are analyzed. The author suggests that Machiavelli is aware that citizens desire... Read More
Mifsud – On Rhetoric as Gift/Giving
Citation: Mifsud, Marilee. “On Rhetoric as Gift/Giving.” Philosophy & Rhetoric 40.1 (2007): 89-107. Print. Abstract: The article discusses rhetoric as an invitation to an audience to invest its attention in an object and hence can be seen as part of an overarching general economy. Gift-giving is a reciprocity engaged in by the giver and recipient, as rhetoric is part of a debate. The Athenian polis as a state center presents the situation... Read More
