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Invention as a Social Act / Karen Burke LeFevre ; with a foreword by Frank J. D'Angelo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- LeFevre, Karen Burke.
- Series:
- Studies in writing & rhetoric.
- Studies in writing & rhetoric
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Report writing--Study and teaching--Social aspects.
- Report writing.
- English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--Social aspects.
- English language.
- Invention (Rhetoric)--Social aspects.
- Invention (Rhetoric).
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (192 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [1987]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The act of inventing relates to the process of inquiry, to creativity, to poetic and aesthetic invention.Building on the work of rhetoricians, philosophers, linguists, and theorists in other disciplines, Karen Burke LeFevre challenges a widely-held view of rhetorical invention as the act of an atomistic individual.
- Contents:
- Cover; Studies in Writing & Rhetoric Series; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Frank J. D'Angelo; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. A Platonic View of Rhetorical Invention; 3. Invention as a Social Act; 4. A Continuum of Social Perspectives on Invention; 5. The Role of Language: A Foundation for a Social Perspective on Invention; 6. Implications of a Social Perspective on Rhetorical Invention; Notes; Bibliography; Author Biography; Back Cover
- Notes:
- "Published for the Conference on College Composition and Communication."
- Bibliography: p. [161]-173.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8093-9085-X
- OCLC:
- 904791038
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