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Much of the scholarly exchange regarding the history of women in rhetoric has emphasized women's rhetorical practices. In Conversational Rhetoric: The Rise and Fall of a Women's Tradition, 1600-1900, Jane Donawerth traces the historical development of rhetorical theory by women for women, studying the moments when women produced theory about the arts of communication in alternative genres-humanist treatises and dialogues, defenses of women's preaching, conduct books, and elocution handbooks. She examines the relationship between communication and gender and between theory and No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)808.042082Literature By Topic Rhetoric and anthologies Rhetoric and anthologies Handbooks for writers EnglishLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |