Writing Histories of Rhetoric

Victor J. Vitanza

College Composition and Communication · 1995 · 43 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

This collection of twelve original essays, edited by Victor J. Vitanza, is a historiography of rhetoric, summarizing what has recently been accomplished in the revision of traditional histories of rhetoric and discussing what might be accomplished in the future. Featuring a variety of approaches - classical, revisionary, and avant-garde - it includes articles by Sharon Crowley, Hans Kellner, Kathleen Ethel Welch, William A. Covino, James A. Berlin, and John Schilb