A Rhetoric of Doing: Essays on Written Discourse in Honor of
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Witte, Stephen P. / Nakadate, Neil / Cherry, Roger Dennis, PUBLISHER: Souong>theong>rn Illinois University Press, Concerned with both ong>theong> nature and ong>theong> practice ong>ofong> discourse, ong>theong> eighteen ong>essaysong> collected here treat rhetoric as a dynamic enterprise ong>ofong> inquiry, exploration, and application, and in doing so reflect James L. Kinneavy's firm belief in ong>theong> vital relationship between ong>theong>ory and practice, his commitment to a spirit ong>ofong> accommodation and assimilation that promotes ong>theong> development ong>ofong> ever more powerful ong>theong>ories and ever more useful practices. A thorough introduction provides ong>theong> reader with clear summaries ong>ofong> ong>theong> ong>essaysong> by leading-edge ong>theong>orists, researchers, and teachers ong>ofong> writing and rhetoric. A "field context" for ong>theong> ideas presented in this book is provided through ong>theong> division ong>ofong> ong>theong> various chapters into four major sections that focus on classical rhetoric and rhetorical ong>theong>ory in historical contexts; on dimensions ong>ofong> discourse ong>theong>ory, aspects ong>ofong> discourse communities, and ong>theong> sorts ong>ofong> knowledge people access and use in producing written texts; on writing in school-related contexts; and on several dimensions ong>ofong> nonacademic writing. A fifth section contains a bibliographic survey and an appreciation ong>ofong> James Kinneavy's work. ong>Theong> exceptional range ong>ofong> ong>theong>se ong>essaysong> makes "A Rhetoric ong>ofong> Doing "an ecumenical examination ong>ofong> ong>theong> current state ong>ofong> mind in rhetoric and written communication, a survey and description ong>ofong> what discourse and those in ong>theong> field ong>ofong> discourse are, in fact, doing.