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Author:

Donawerth, Jane, 1947-

Title:

Conversational rhetoric : the rise and fall of a women's tradition, 1600-1900 / Jane Donawerth.

Publisher:

Southern Illinois University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xv, 205 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Rhetoric--United States--History.
Rhetoric--England--History.
English language--Discourse analysis.
Women--Language arts.--United States--Language arts.
Women--Language arts.--England--Language arts.
Oral communication--United States.
Oral communication--England.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-193) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Humanist Dialogues and Defenses of Women's Education: Conversation as a Model for All Discourse -- Conduct Book Rhetoric: Constructing a Theory of Feminine Discourse -- Defenses of Women's Preaching: Dissenting Rhetoric and the Language of Women's Rights -- Elocution: Sentimental Culture and Performing Femininity -- Conclusion: Composition Textbooks by Women and the Decline of a Women's Tradition.

Series:

Studies in rhetorics and feminisms

ISBN:

0809386305 (ebook)
9780809386307 (ebook)
080933027X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780809330270 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)702941813

LCCN:

2011006185

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)