Rethinking Rhetorical Theory, Criticism, and Pedagogy
The Living Art of Michael C. Leff
Will be published approx. on 1. October 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
505 pages
978-1-61186-213-3 (ISBN)
Description
What distinguishes the study of rhetoric from other pursuits in the liberal arts? From what realms of human existence and expression, of human history, does such study draw its defining character? What, in the end, should be the purposes of rhetorical inquiry? And amid so many competing accounts of discourse, power, and judgment in the contemporary world, how might scholars achieve these purposes through the attitudes and strategies that animate their work?
Rethinking Rhetorical Theory, Criticism, and Pedagogy: The Living Art of Michael C. Leff offers answers to these questions by introducing the central insights of one of the most innovative and prolific rhetoricians of the twentieth century, Michael C. Leff. This volume charts Leff 's decades-long development as a scholar, revealing both the variety of topics and the approach that marked his oeuvre, as well as his long-standing critique of the disciplinary assumptions of classical, Hellenistic, renaissance, modern, and postmodern rhetoric.
Rethinking Rhetorical Theory, Criticism, and Pedagogy includes a synoptic introduction to the evolution of Leff 's thought from his time as a graduate student in the late 1960s to his death in 2010, as well as specific commentary on twenty-four of his most illuminating essays and lectures.
Rethinking Rhetorical Theory, Criticism, and Pedagogy: The Living Art of Michael C. Leff offers answers to these questions by introducing the central insights of one of the most innovative and prolific rhetoricians of the twentieth century, Michael C. Leff. This volume charts Leff 's decades-long development as a scholar, revealing both the variety of topics and the approach that marked his oeuvre, as well as his long-standing critique of the disciplinary assumptions of classical, Hellenistic, renaissance, modern, and postmodern rhetoric.
Rethinking Rhetorical Theory, Criticism, and Pedagogy includes a synoptic introduction to the evolution of Leff 's thought from his time as a graduate student in the late 1960s to his death in 2010, as well as specific commentary on twenty-four of his most illuminating essays and lectures.
Reviews / Votes
"Featuring both canonical essays and lesser- known works, this book brings together studies demonstrating the sweep and depth of Leff 's distinguished scholarship. It reminds us how much rhetorical studies have been enriched by the commitment, insight, and passion of this remarkable man."-David Zarefsky, Owen L. Coon Professor Emeritus of Argumentation and Debate, professor emeritus of Communication Studies, Northwestern University
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Language
English
Place of publication
East Lansing, MI
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
767 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61186-213-3 (9781611862133)
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Antonio De Velasco is associate professor of rhetoric in the Department of Communication at the University of Memphis.
John Angus Campbell is professor emeritus in the Department of Communication at the University of Memphis.
David Henry is chair and Sanford Berman Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
John Angus Campbell is professor emeritus in the Department of Communication at the University of Memphis.
David Henry is chair and Sanford Berman Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Content
Contents
Introduction
Part 1. Greek and Latin Rhetorical Theory
Tradition and Agency in Humanistic Rhetoric
The Uses of Aristotle's Rhetoric in Contemporary American Scholarship
Genre and Paradigm in the Second Book of De Oratore
The Topics of Argumentative Invention in Latin Rhetorical Theory from Cicero to Boethius
Part 2. Contemporary Extensions of Classical Rhetorical Theory
Piety, Propriety, and Perspective: An Interpretation and Application of Key Terms in Kenneth Burke's Permanence and Change (with Thomas Rosteck)
Topical Invention and Metaphoric Interaction
Up from Theory: Or I Fought the Topoi and the Topoi Won
The Habitation of Rhetoric
Decorum and Rhetorical Interpretation: The Latin Humanistic Tradition and Contemporary Critical Theory
In Search of Ariadne's Thread: A Review of the Recent Literature on Rhetorical Theory
Part 3. Theories of Criticism
Interpretation and the Art of the Rhetorical Critic
Textual Criticism: The Legacy of G. P. Mohrmann
Words Most like Things: Iconicity and the Rhetorical Text (with Andrew Sachs)
Things Made by Words: Reflections on Textual Criticism
Hermeneutical Rhetoric
Part 4. The Practice of Rhetorical Criticism
Lincoln at Cooper Union: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Text (with G. P. Mohrmann)
Lincoln at Cooper Union: A Rationale for Neo-Classical Criticism (with G. P. Mohrmann)
Instrumental and Constitutive Rhetoric in Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" (with Ebony A. Utley)
Lincoln among the Nineteenth-Century Orators
Part 5. Rhetorical Pedagogy
Teaching Public Speaking as Composition
Kenneth Burke in the Classroom
Theory and Practice in Undergraduate Education
Cultivating the Useless: Rhetoric and Liberal Arts Education in an Age of Consumerism
What Is Rhetoric?
Introduction
Part 1. Greek and Latin Rhetorical Theory
Tradition and Agency in Humanistic Rhetoric
The Uses of Aristotle's Rhetoric in Contemporary American Scholarship
Genre and Paradigm in the Second Book of De Oratore
The Topics of Argumentative Invention in Latin Rhetorical Theory from Cicero to Boethius
Part 2. Contemporary Extensions of Classical Rhetorical Theory
Piety, Propriety, and Perspective: An Interpretation and Application of Key Terms in Kenneth Burke's Permanence and Change (with Thomas Rosteck)
Topical Invention and Metaphoric Interaction
Up from Theory: Or I Fought the Topoi and the Topoi Won
The Habitation of Rhetoric
Decorum and Rhetorical Interpretation: The Latin Humanistic Tradition and Contemporary Critical Theory
In Search of Ariadne's Thread: A Review of the Recent Literature on Rhetorical Theory
Part 3. Theories of Criticism
Interpretation and the Art of the Rhetorical Critic
Textual Criticism: The Legacy of G. P. Mohrmann
Words Most like Things: Iconicity and the Rhetorical Text (with Andrew Sachs)
Things Made by Words: Reflections on Textual Criticism
Hermeneutical Rhetoric
Part 4. The Practice of Rhetorical Criticism
Lincoln at Cooper Union: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Text (with G. P. Mohrmann)
Lincoln at Cooper Union: A Rationale for Neo-Classical Criticism (with G. P. Mohrmann)
Instrumental and Constitutive Rhetoric in Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" (with Ebony A. Utley)
Lincoln among the Nineteenth-Century Orators
Part 5. Rhetorical Pedagogy
Teaching Public Speaking as Composition
Kenneth Burke in the Classroom
Theory and Practice in Undergraduate Education
Cultivating the Useless: Rhetoric and Liberal Arts Education in an Age of Consumerism
What Is Rhetoric?