Available Means: An Anthology Of Women'S Rhetoric(s)

by Kate Ronald

Book Overview

"I say that even later someone will remember us."--Sappho, Fragment 147, sixth century, BC Sappho's prediction came true; fragments of work by the earliest woman writer in Western literate history have in fact survived into the twenty-first century. But not without peril. Sappho's writing remains only in fragments, partly due to the passage of time, but mostly as a result of systematic efforts to silence women's voices. Sappho's hopeful boast captures...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822957531
• ISBN13: 9780822957539
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Nice for Coursework in Women's Rhetoric

This was utilized by a professor in my Master's Communications program. We studied Women's Rhetoric. Each period is broken down and has women from specific time periods or moments in history with examples of their work. The authors also briefly introduce and frame each other by giving some background information on the work as well as the time-period in history when each author was writing. Overall this was a useful book for our course and not altogether unenjoyable to read from. The framing of each author with the introductions were most helpful and I wish more textbooks used this method.