Harrington – A Modern Approach to Invention
Harrington, Elbert. “A Modern Approach to Invention.” Quarterly Journal of Speech XLIII December (1962): 373-78. Print. A lovely quote starts this article out: “Seldom is an idea new; the time always is” (373). H. notes that often teachers of rhetoric (during the time when this was written) refuse to accept responsibility for the teaching of invention as they believed their duty was to emphasize the stylistic ornamentation... Read More
Oakley – Commonplaces: Rhetorical Figures of Difference in Heidegger and Glissant
Citation: Oakley, Seanna Sumalee. “Commonplaces: Rhetorical Figures of Difference in Heidegger and Glissant.” Philosophy & Rhetoric 41.1 (2008): 1-21. Print. Abstract: The article discusses the rhetorical figures concerning the difference between the writings of Martin Heidegger and Edouard Glissant on commonplaces. According to the author, Heidegger gives emphasis to the unique element which composed the pairs while Glissant often... Read More
Williams and Enos – Vico’s Triangular Invention
Williams, Mark T. and Theresa Enos. “Vico’s Triangular Invention.” Atwill, Janet, and Janice M. Lauer. Perspectives on Rhetorical Invention. 1st ed. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2002. The rhetorical situation has long been conceived of in spatial terms – as triangles, fields, waves, planes, webs, pentads, pyramids, and maps. Despite the influence of empirical philosophy in the 18th century, Giambattista Vico’s work on rhetoric... Read More
Aristotle – On Rhetoric
Aristotle – On Rhetoric *******These are just a collection of reflections on this work, NOT an outline or organized, sustained treatment. According to Kennedy, “The great strength of On Rhetoric derives from its clear recognition (in contrast to views expressed by Plato) that rhetoric is a technique or tool applicable to any subject and from the universality and utility of its basic, systematically organized, concepts. (20). These include... Read More
Cogan – Rodolphus Agricola and the Semantic Revolutions of the History of Invention
Cogan, Marc. “Rodolphus Agricola and the Semantic Revolutions of the History of Invention.” Rhetorica 2 2 (1984): 163-94. Print. 31 C. claims that Agricola’s de Inventione dialectica was important because it considered invention via commonplaces in the study of logic instead of rhetoric. So, A.’s work was “seen as an example of rhetorical forms of reasoning replacing rigorously logical forms, and its popularity was an indication... Read More
