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Southern Illinois University Press Carbondale and Edwardsville
title
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Nineteenth-century Rhetoric in North America : Nan Johnson
author
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Johnson, Nan.
publisher
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Southern Illinois University Press
isbn10 | asin
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0809316544
print isbn13
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9780809316540
ebook isbn13
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9780585214702
language
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English
subject
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--United States--History, English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--Canada--History, English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--History--19th century, Rhetoric--United States--History--19th century,
publication date
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1991
lcc
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PE1068.U5J64 1991eb
ddc
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808/.042/07073
subject
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English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--United States--History, English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--Canada--History, English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--History--19th century, Rhetoric--United States--History--19th century,
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Copyright 1991 by the Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Edited by Dan Gunter Designed by Jason Schellenberg Production supervised by Natalia Nadraga
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Johnson, Nan, 1951 Nineteenth-century rhetoric in North America / Nan Johnson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. English languageRhetoricStudy and teachingUnited States History19th century. 2. English languageRhetoricStudy and teachingCanadaHistory19th century. 3. RhetoricUnited StatesHistory19th century. 4. RhetoricCanadaHistory19th century. I. Title. PE1068.U5J64 1991 808.04207073dc20 90-20983 ISBN 0-8093-1654-4 CIP ISBN 0-8093-1655-2 (pbk. : alk. paper)
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
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Contents
Acknowledgments
vii
1. Introduction: A Profile of Nineteenth-Century Rhetoric
3
2. Foundations of Nineteenth-Century Theory: The New Rhetoric
19
3. Nineteenth-Century Rhetorical Theory: Legacy and Synthesis
65
4. The Art of Oratory
113
5. The Arts of Composition and Belles Lettres
173
6. Conclusion: Habits of Eloquence
227
Appendixes
A. Sample College and University Calendar Descriptions of Rhetoric Courses, 18241900
251
B. Nineteenth-Century Rhetoric Treatises Adopted as Textbooks
254
C. Theoretical Authorities Most Frequently Cited by Nineteenth-Century Rhetoricians
255
Notes
257
Bibliography
289
Index
305
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Acknowledgments
In the course of researching and writing this book, I have sounded out my ideas and plans on several colleagues and friends. Their support has been invaluable. I offer special thanks to Deanne Bogden, Gregory Clark, Robert J. Connors, Sharon Crowley, William A. Covino, Lisa S. Ede, Richard Leo Enos, Winifred Bryan Horner, Andrea A. Lunsford, James J. Murphy, C. Jan Swearingen, Kathleen E. Welch, and Marjorie Curry Woods. I am also indebted to the University of British Columbia, Canada Council, and the National Endowment for the Humanities for funding this project. A final word of thanks to Abigail Jones, without whose support I would never have attempted this project. To her I am endlessly grateful.
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This is a work of history in fictional formthat is, in personal perspective, which is the only kind of history that exists. Joyce Carol Oates, Them
The truth is, I have never written a story in my life that didn't have a very firm foundation in actual human experiencesomebody else's experience quite often, but an experience that became my own by hearing the story, by witnessing the thing, by hearing just a word perhaps. Katherine Ann Porter
It is like what we imagine knowledge to be: dark, salt, clear, moving, utterly free, drawn from the cold hard mouth of the world, derived from the rocky breast forever, flowing and drawn, and since our knowledge is historical, flowing, and flown. Elizabeth Bishop, "At the Fishhouses"
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1 Introduction: A Profile of Nineteenth-Century Rhetoric
The purpose of this commentary is to define the characteristics of the nineteenth-century rhetorical tradition in North America and to argue that the nineteenth century was the last era during which the discipline of rhetoric exerted an acknowledged authority over the philosophical investigation of discourse and formal instruction in oral and written communication. The term
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