The viability of the rhetorical tradition / edited by Richard Graff, Arthur E. Walzer, Janet M. Atwill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Graff, Richard, 1968-

Walzer, Arthur E., 1944-

Atwill, Janet, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhetoric.

Authorship.

Physical Description:

ix, 203 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Viability of the Rhetorical Tradition reconsiders the relationship between rhetorical theory, practice, and pedagogy. Continuing the line of questioning begun in the 1980s, contributors examine the duality of a rhetorical canon in determining if past practice can make us more (or less) able to address contemporary concerns. Also examined is the role of tradition as a limiting or inspiring force, rhetoric as a discipline, rhetoric's contribution to interest in civic education and citizenship, and the possibilities digital media offer to scholars of rhetoric.

Contents:

Intro

The Viability of the Rhetorical Tradition

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART ONE Definitions: Traditional and New

1. Revisionist Historiography and Rhetorical Tradition(s)

2. The Rhetorical Tradition

3. The Ends of Rhetoric Revisited: Three Readings of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Leah Ceccarelli

4. De-Canonizing Ancient Rhetoric

5. Rhetoric and Civic Virtue

PART TWO Possibilities: Contemporary Rhetorical Occasions and the Tradition(s)

6. A Human Measure: Ancient Rhetoric, Twenty-first-Century Loss

7. Teaching "Political Wisdom": Isocrates and the Tradition of Dissoi Logoi

8. On the Formation ofDemocratic Citizens: Rethinking the Rhetorical Tradition in a Digital Age

9. Civic Humanism, a Postmortem?

10. Rhetoric in the Age of Cognitive Science

AFTERWORD Using Traditions: A Gadamerian Reflection on Canons, Contexts, and Rhetoric

Contributors

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

V

W

Y

Z.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780791484128

0791484122

9781423743613

142374361X

OCLC:

62750510