A Scholarly Edition of Samuel P. Newman's a Practical System of Rhetoric

by Beth L. Hewett

In A Scholarly Edition of Samuel P. Newman's A Practical System of Rhetoric, Beth L. Hewett argues that Newman, an American nineteenth-century rhetorician, has been unfairly judged by criteria disconnected from his goals and accomplishments. His exceptionally popular textbook is important for how he engaged received theory, fit practice to the era, struggled with age-old questions of thought and language, and spoke to his readers. He operationalized...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004437606
• ISBN13: 9789004437609
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 428 Pages