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Peer reviewedIrvine, James R. – Rhetoric Society Quarterly, 1995
Catalogues all of the 18th-century works on rhetoric from a microfilm bibliography published by the Speech Association of America Committee on Microfilm. Includes notations concerning each item's location on the microfilm reels. (TB)
Descriptors: Eighteenth Century Literature, Higher Education, Microfilm, Rhetoric
Peer reviewedBrinton, Alan – Rhetoric Society Quarterly, 1992
Characterizes the extent to which--and the ways in which--Hugh Blair's "Sermons" are pathetic or emotional, in light of criticisms that maintain his work is passionless. Examines the closely related matter of Blair's moral philosophy, in which the passions play an important role as subject matter. (TB)
Descriptors: Eighteenth Century Literature, Higher Education, Rhetoric, Rhetorical Theory
Peer reviewedMack, Peter – Rhetoric Society Quarterly, 1993
Discusses how a genre like the essay could have originated in opposition to rhetoric and then nevertheless be taken over by it. Concentrates on four moments in the history of the essay: (1) its birth; (2) the English essay of the seventeenth century; (3) the classical form of "The Tatler" and "The Spectator"; and (4) the role…
Descriptors: Educational History, Eighteenth Century Literature, Essays, French Literature
Peer reviewedBrowne, Stephen H. – Rhetoric Society Quarterly, 1992
Examines the 18th-century rhetorical convention of misogynist satire and how it shaped attitudes toward women speakers. Focuses not so much on the formal properties of the satire but on its convention and content as modes of insinuation. Surveys prominent journals, newspapers, magazines, and reviews of the period. (TB)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Content Analysis, Eighteenth Century Literature, Females
