Contemporary Rhetorical Theory, First Edition

Reviews / Votes

"Lucaites, Condit, and Caudill have done an exceptional job of mapping out the terrain of issues facing contemporary rhetorical theorists. This volume covers a breadth of perspectives and issues, serving well both as an introduction to contemporary debates and as a launching pad for the next generation of scholarship. With this volume as a sourcebook and guide, I feel optimistic about the future of rhetorical theory."--John M. Sloop, PhD, Department of Communication Studies, Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee

"This much needed-volume captures the vitality and growing pains of recent rhetorical theory. Readers may be thankful that this body of work, previously known to a virtual community of rhetoricians, now has been made easily accessible. It is essential reading for anyone who would join the expanding conversation about rhetoric."--John Lyne, PhD, Professor of Communications, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

"This book introduces important essays in contemporary rhetorical theory and offers insightful frames of interpretation pointing up their collective significance. It also foreshadows an agenda for the next generation of rhetorical scholarship. Helping us understand the rhetorical dimension of what is often called 'human nature,' the book arouses our curiosity--and perhaps our foreboding--about the world we constantly shape and reshape as we play the deeply human game of rhetoric."--Michael Osborn, Professor Emeritus, Department of Communication, University of Memphis