Trust in texts a different history of rhetoric / Susan Miller.

Author/creator Miller, Susan, 1942-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCarbondale : Southern Illinois University Press,
Descriptionxiv, 203 p. ; 23 cm.
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Contents Introduction : rhetoric, emotion, and places of persuasion. Rhetorics, pedagogies, and methods. Topics : simultaneous and consecutive. The trouble with emotion, and rhetoric. Emotional educations. The trouble with rhetoric, and emotion -- Decentering rhetoric. Reviewing rhetoric. Everyone knows : antique characters. Everyone knew : rhetoric as its precedents -- Trusting texts. Trusting printing. Trusting rhetoric. "Sincerely, and prudently, yours" -- The mobility of trust. Literature, "literature," and rhetorical truths. Rhetorical rhetoric and literary truth. The communicative essence of language : pure British tongues. The turn to words. The ends of trust -- Conclusion : centering rhetoric--the psychology of anxious moments and solemn occasions.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 165-187) and index.
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LCCN 2007013357
ISBN9780809327881 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0809327880 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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