Materials in this bibliography concerning rhetoric and public address appeared in publications on speech communication and contiguous areas during 1972 (unless otherwise indicated). Entries are divided into four categories: bibliography, ancient era (history and culture, theory, and practitioners and theorists), medieval and renaissance era (history and culture, theory, and practitioners and theorists), and modern era (history and culture, rhetoric and platform address, argumentation and logic, practitioners and theorists, and religious communication). A table of contents and a list of journal abbreviations are included. (JM)