Rescuing the Subject: A Critical Introduction to Rhetoric and the Writer

by Susan Miller

Book Overview

This book surveys the history of the discipline of composition, explaining how the contemporary study of writing is related to both written and oral rhetoric-- the ancient and continuing art of discourse.

In situating modern composition theory in the historical context of rhetoric, Miller notes that up through the 18th century, rhetoric referred to oral, not written, discourse. Her history of rhetoric, by contrast, is shaped by an awareness...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809315017
• ISBN13: 9780809315017
• Release Date: August 1989
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"