The Viability of the Rhetorical Tradition

Janet M. Atwill - Editors, Steven Mailloux, Arthur E. Walzer, Richard Graff

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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.

Acknowledgments

Introduction
Richard Graff

PART ONE: Definitions: Traditional and New

1. Revisionist Historiography and Rhetorical Tradition(s)
Richard Graff and Michael Leff

2. The Rhetorical Tradition
Alan G. Gross

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

4. De-Canonizing Ancient Rhetoric
Robert N. Gaines

5. Rhetoric and Civic Virtue
Janet M. Atwill

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

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

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

8. On the Formation of Democratic Citizens: Rethinking the Rhetorical Tradition in a Digital Age
William Hart-Davidson, James P. Zappen, and S. Michael Halloran

9. Civic Humanism, a Postmortem?
Thomas J. Kinney and Thomas P. Miller

10. Rhetoric in the Age of Cognitive Science
Jeanne Fahnestock

Afterword. Using Traditions: A Gadamerian Reflection on Canons, Contexts, and Rhetoric
Steven Mailloux

Contributors

Index

Sujets

• Discourse analysis
• Stylistics
• Semantics

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791484128
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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The Viability of the Rhetorical Tradition

edited by Richard Graff Arthur E. Walzer Janet M. Atwill

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The viability of the rhetorical tradition / edited by Richard Graff, Arthur E. Walzer, Janet M. Atwill. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-6285-4 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7914-6286-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Rhetoric. I. Graff, Richard, 1968– II. Walzer, Arthur E., 1944– III. Atwill, Janet, 1955–

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Richard Graff dedicates his portion of the volume to his wife, Dori Post Graff.

Arthur E. Walzer dedicates his portion to Casey Otis Howell, born 26 April 2004, his first grandson.

Janet M. Atwill dedicates her portion of the volume to the memory of her grandparents Noval Dawes and W. Campbell Bland.

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Acknowledgments

Introduction Richard Graff

Contents

PART ONE Definitions: Traditional and New

1 Revisionist Historiography and Rhetorical Tradition(s) Richard Graff and Michael Leff

2 The Rhetorical Tradition Alan G. Gross

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

4 De-Canonizing Ancient Rhetoric Robert N. Gaines

5 Rhetoric and Civic Virtue Janet M. Atwill

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

A Human Measure: Ancient Rhetoric, Twenty-first-Century Loss Susan C. Jarratt

Teaching “Political Wisdom”: Isocrates and the Tradition ofDissoi Logoi Arthur E. Walzer

On the Formation of Democratic Citizens: Rethinking the Rhetorical Tradition in a Digital Age William Hart-Davidson, James P. Zappen, and S. Michael Halloran

Civic Humanism, a Postmortem? Thomas J. Kinney and Thomas P. Miller

Rhetoric in the Age of Cognitive Science Jeanne Fahnestock

Afterword. Using Traditions: A Gadamerian Reflection on Canons, Contexts, and Rhetoric Steven Mailloux

Contributors

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Acknowledgments

The conversation captured between the covers of this book has developed over many years and, indeed, spans across generations of scholarship in rhetoric. Many of the ideas collected here were first presented at meetings of the Amer- ican Society for the History of Rhetoric ( ASHR ). We want to thank especially the ASHR board for devoting valuable conference time—in Seattle in 2000 and in Atlanta in 2001—to early versions of the studies presented here. The lively exchanges among ASHR members at those meetings demonstrated a deep interest in the topic and encouraged us to create this collection. We also thank our editor at State University of New York Press, Priscilla Ross, for her enthusiastic support of this project, and the Press’s readers and editorial staff for their assistance in bringing it to final form. We must also acknowledge the diligence and energy of our contributors, many of whom have worked patiently through several revisions of their chapters. Finally, we would like to express our appreciation to our families and friends for their patience and support through the process of bringing this volume to completion.

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