| Conversational Rhetoric The Rise and Fall of a Women's Tradition, 1600-1900 | | | Author:
| Donawerth, Jane | | Series title: | Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms Ser. | | ISBN: | 978-0-8093-3027-0 | | Publication Date: | Nov 2011 | | Publisher: | Southern Illinois University Press
| | Book Format: | Hardback | | List Price: | USD $67.00 | Book Description:
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In Conversational Rhetoric, 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. In Conversational Rhetoric, 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. | |