Landmark Essays on Contemporary Rhetoric | 0:e upplagan

This work brings together the essays responsible for the present resurgence in rhetorical studies. The essays chart a course from tradition-based theory of civic rhetoric to ongoing issues of figuration, power and gender. They help to integrate the still-volatile questions at the core of humanities scholarship in rhetoric. As such, the introductory student as well as the seasoned scholar should gain familiarity and footing in this oldest - and still new - liberal art.