Electric Rhetoric: Classical Rhetoric, Oralism, and a New Literacy

by Kathleen E. Welch

Book Overview

Kathleen E. Welch explores the profound changes in writing and discourse brought about by electronic forms of communication. "We are commonly not aware of the complex history of orality and literacy and of the effects of this history on the depths of human consciousness, where electronic communication is now having its deep and as yet not understood effects. Professor Welchs work can give us some of the in-depth understanding we need to be aware of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262232022
• ISBN13: 9780262232029
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher