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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808012603321

Autore

Vitanza Victor J

Titolo

Writing histories of rhetoric [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-585-25073-1

9780809385041

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Disciplina

808

808.009

808/.009

Soggetti

Rhetoric -- History

Rhetoric - History

Literature - General

Languages & Literatures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Editor's Preface, Dedication, and Acknowledgments; 1. Let Me Get This Straight, by Sharon Crowley; 2. After The Fall, by Hans Kellner; 3. Interpreting The Silent ""Aryan Model"" Of Histories Of Classical Rhetoric, by Kathleen Ethel Welch; 4. Alchemizing The History Of Rhetoric, by William A. Covino; 5. Human Agency In The History Of Rhetoric, by Takis Poulakos; 6. Nietzsche And Histories Of Rhetoric, by John Poulakos; 7. Contingencies Of Historical Representation, by Janet M. Atwill; 8. Revisionary Histories Of Rhetoric, by James A. Berlin

9. Future Historiographies Of Rhetoric And The Present Age Of Anxiety, by John Schilb10. Eating History, Purging Memory, Killing Rhetoric, by Lynn Worsham; 11. Structuring The Narrative For The Canon Of Rhetoric, by Jane Sutton; 12. Taking A-Count Of A (Future-Anterior) History Of Rhetoric ""Libidinalized Marxism"" (A PM Pastiche), by Victor J. Vitanza; An After/Word, by Victor J. Vitanza; Contributors; Works Cited; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of essays, edited by Victor J. Vitanza, is a historiography of rhetoric, summarizing what has recently been accomplished in the



revision of traditional histories of rhetoric and discussing what might be accomplished in the future. Featuring a variety of approaches-classical, revisionary, and avant-garde-it includes articles by Janet M. Atwill, James A. Berlin, William A. Covino, Sharon Crowley, Hans Kellner, John Poulakos, Takis Poulakos, John Schilb, Jane Sutton, Kathleen Ethel Welch, Lynn Worsham, and Victor J. Vitanza.  In the first essay, Sharon Crow