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Rhetorical Criticism

Rhetorical Criticism is a systematic method of analysis within the broader field of rhetorical studies that examines how rhetorical artifacts function to persuade, construct meaning, and shape social realities through strategic discourse.

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Strategies of Discourse Comprehension

John J. Staczek, Teun A. van Dijk, Walter Kintsch · Modern Language Journal · 1985 · 5.5K citations

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Rhetorical Strategies of Legitimacy

Roy Suddaby, Royston Greenwood · Administrative Science Quarterly · 2005 · 2.4K citations

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Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays

George Whalley, Northrop Frye · The Modern Language Review · 1959 · 2.2K citations

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Blindness and Insight: Essays in the Rhetoric of Contemporary Criticism

Paul de Man · Poetics Today · 1984 · 1.3K citations

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Textual Politics: Discourse and Social Dynamics

Maureen A. Mathison, Jay L. Lemke · Modern Language Journal · 1996 · 896 citations

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  1. WL
    William L. Benoit

    University of Missouri, United States

    15 publications · 722 citations

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    Michael Leff

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    16 publications · 814 citations

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  3. AA
    Andrea A. Lunsford

    Oregon State University, United States

    12 publications · 594 citations

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  4. LM
    LuMing Mao

    Miami University, United States

    11 publications · 356 citations

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  5. JP
    John Poulakos

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    12 publications · 552 citations

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  1. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    26 h-index

    52 publications

    2.1K citations

  2. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    23 h-index

    49 publications

    2.8K citations

  3. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    23 h-index

    56 publications

    2K citations

  4. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    21 h-index

    28 publications

    1.8K citations

  5. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    20 h-index

    33 publications

    1.6K citations

  6. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    20 h-index

    30 publications

    2.1K citations

  7. Schlumberger (Ireland)

    Dublin, Ireland

    19 h-index

    29 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    19 h-index

    33 publications

    903 citations

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  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 172 publications · 12.1K citations

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  2. Quarterly Journal of Speech

    285 publications · 14.3K citations

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  3. College Composition and Communication

    CCC · 124 publications · 8.9K citations

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  4. Philosophy and Rhetoric

    100 publications · 4.7K citations

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  5. Rhetoric Society Quarterly

    RSQ · 122 publications · 3.6K citations

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