Title Writing instruction in nineteenth-century American colleges / James A. Berlin ; with a foreword by Donald C. Stewart

Published Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1984

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Description 1 online resource (x, 114 pages) Series Studies in writing & rhetoric Studies in writing & rhetoric Contents The method and the major theories ; The three rhetorics -- The demise of the classical tradition -- The triumph of eighteenth-century rhetoric ; Campbell -- Blair -- Whately -- Pedagogy -- The social setting -- American imitators -- Emerson and Romantic rhetoric -- Current-traditional rhetoric ; The scientistic approach ; Invention -- Arrangement -- Style -- The consequences -- An alternative voice : Fred Newton Scott -- Postscript on the present Summary Defining a rhetoric as a social invention arising out of a particular time, place, and set of circumstances, Berlin notes that "no rhetoric--not Plato's or Aristotle's or Quintilian's or Perelman's--is permanent." At any given time several rhetorics vie for supremacy, with each attracting adherents representing various views of reality expressed through a rhetoric. Traditionally rhetoric has been seen as based on four interacting elements: "reality, writer or speaker, audience, and language." As the definitions of the elements change or as the interactions between elements change, rhetoric changes. In this interpretive study Berlin classifies the three nineteenth-century rhetorics as classical, psychological-epistemological, and romantic--a uniquely American development growing out of the transcendental movement. In each case studying the rhetoric provides insights into society and the beliefs of the people: what is appearance, and what is reality Notes "Published for Conference on College Composition and Communication." Bibliography Includes chapter notes (pages 95-102), and bibliographical references (pages 103-114) Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History -- 19th century Academic writing -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History -- 19th century Education, Higher -- United States -- History -- 19th century LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric. REFERENCE -- Writing Skills. Academic writing -- Study and teaching Education, Higher English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Stewart, Donald C. (Donald Charles), 1930-1992, writer of foreword. LC no. 83020116 ISBN 9780809386529 0809386526

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