Rhetoric's Pragmatism: Essays in Rhetorical Hermeneutics

by Steven Mailloux

Book Overview

For over thirty years, Steven Mailloux has championed and advanced the field of rhetorical hermeneutics, a historically and theoretically informed approach to textual interpretation. This volume collects fourteen of his most recent influential essays on the methodology, plus an interview.

Following from the proposition that rhetorical hermeneutics uses rhetoric to practice theory by doing history, this book examines a diverse range of texts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271078472
• ISBN13: 9780271078472
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"