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Paperback ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xlv, 479 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Landmarks in Rhetoric and Public Address Ser.
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Landmarks in Rhetoric and Public Address Ser.
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| Note |
Originally published: 1853. This edition originally published in 1963. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Cover; Book Title; Copyright Page; Foreword; Contents; Editor's Introduction; Preface; Introduction; Part I -- Of the Invention, Arrangement, and Introduction of Propositions and Arguments; Chap. I. -- Of Propositions; Chap. II. -- Of Arguments; Chap. III -- Of the various use and order of the several kinds of Propositions and of Arguments in different cases; Chap. IV. -- Of Introductions and Conclusions; Part II -- Of Persuasion; Chap. I. -- Introductory; Chap. II. -- Of the conduct of any address to the Feelings, generally. |
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Chap. III. -- Of the favourable or unfavourable disposition of the hearers towards the Soeaker or his opponentPart III -- Of Style; Chap. I. -- Of Perspicuity; Chap. II. -- Of Energy; Chap. III. -- Of Elegance; Part IV -- Of Elocution; Chap. I. -- General Considerations relative to Elocution; Chap. II. -- Artificial and Natural Methods compared; Chap. III. -- Considerations arising from the Differences between Reading and Speaking; Chap. IV. -- Practical Deductions from the foregoing views; Appendix; Index; Also in the Landmarks in Rheoric and Public Address series; Back Cover. |
| Summary |
Direct, comprehensive, well organized, simple in statement, Elements of Rhetoric is in all respects well fitted to fulfill its assigned role as a textbook. The remarks on practical problems and the examples and analogies confirm contemporary reports that Whately was himself a talented and stimulating teacher. The modern field of speech was born near the beginning of the twentieth century, some seventy years after Whately wrote. But influential leaders in the new field endorsed Whately's judgments, and courses and textbooks in public address have remained st. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Rhetoric.
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Rhetoric. |
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English language -- Rhetoric.
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English language -- Rhetoric. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Ehninger, Douglas.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Whately, Richard, 1787-1863. Elements of rhetoric. Paperback ed. Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2010 0809329743 (OCoLC)608729374 |
| ISBN |
9780809386123 (electronic book) |
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0809386127 (electronic book) |
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0809329743 |
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9780809329748 |
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