A scholarly edition of Samuel P. Newman's A practical system of rhetoric /

"In A Scholarly Edition of Samuel P. Newman's A Practical System of Rhetoric, Beth L. Hewett argues that Newman, an American nineteenth-century rhetorician, has been unfairly judged by criteria disconnected from his goals and accomplishments. His exceptionally popular textbook is important...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Newman, Samuel P. (Samuel Phillips), 1797-1842
Otros Autores: Hewett, Beth L. (author of commentary.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020.
Colección:International studies in the history of rhetoric, 13
Temas:
Newman, Samuel P. > (Samuel Phillips), > 1797-1842.
Newman, Samuel P. > (Samuel Phillips), > 1797-1842
1800-1899
English language > 19th century > Rhetoric.
Anglais (Langue) > 19e siècle > Rhétorique.
English language > Rhetoric
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. Samuel P. Newman: A Scholar-Educator
  • 2. Samuel P. Newman's Life and Work
  • 2.1. Of the Bible and the Book
  • 2.2. Newman the Author
  • 2.3. Newman the Public Speaker
  • 2.4. Newman the Scholar-Educator
  • 3. The State of Rhetoric and Oratory at Bowdoin College
  • 3.1. Nineteenth-Century American Education
  • 3.2. The Little Harvard
  • 3.2.1. Harvard's Boylston Professorship
  • 3.2.2. Newman's and Bowdoin's Connections to Harvard
  • 3.3. Student Learners
  • 3.4. Bowdoin's Oratorical Education
  • 3.4.1. Quarterly Exhibition and Commencement Programs
  • 3.4.2. Literary Societies
  • 4. Newman's Place in Nineteenth-Century American Rhetoric
  • 4.1. Of Thought and Language
  • 4.2. Thought and Language in the Enlightenment
  • 4.3. The Scottish Rhetorics
  • 4.3.1. Psychological-Epistemological Rhetoric
  • 4.3.2. Belletristic Rhetoric
  • 4.3.3. Late Enlightenment Rhetoric
  • 4.4. Current-Traditional Rhetoric
  • 4.5. Invention, Current-Traditional Rhetoric, and Newman's Textbook
  • 4.5.1. Teaching Invention without Invention
  • 4.5.2. Operationalizing Taste for Invention and Modeling
  • 4.5.3. An American-Inflected Belletrism
  • 5. The Evolution of A Practical System of Rhetoric
  • 5.1. A Popular Text Misunderstood
  • 5.2. Textual Connections to Campbell, Blair, and Whately
  • 5.3. Pedagogy in A Practical System of Rhetoric
  • 5.4. A Practical System of Rhetoric in Revision
  • 6. Introduction to the Scholarly Edition Copy Text
  • 6.1. Nineteenth-Century Book Publishing
  • 6.2. Selecting the 7th 1839 Edition for the Copy Text
  • 6.3. Locations of A Practical System of Rhetoric
  • 6.4. Appearance of a Typical Book
  • 6.5. Developing the Copy Text
  • 6.6. Delineating Core Themes
  • 6.7. Content of the 7th 1839 Edition
  • 6.8. Coding Taxonomy
  • 6.9. Presentation Strategy
  • 7. Conclusion
  • A Practical System of Rhetoric
  • Introduction: The Advantages Proposed To Be Attained by the Study of Rhetoric
  • Chapter First: On Thought as the Foundation of Good Writing
  • Plan of the Work
  • Extensive Knowledge Essential to the Good Writer
  • Discipline of Mind Essential to the Good Writer
  • Habit of Patient Reflection Necessary
  • Method
  • Amplification
  • Different Kinds of Composition
  • Selection of a Subject
  • Introduction
  • On the Statement of the Subject
  • On the Plan or Divisions
  • Arrangement
  • Transitions
  • Conclusion
  • Narrative and Descriptive Writing
  • Chapter Second: On Taste
  • Definition of Taste
  • Sensibility as Connected with Taste
  • Standard of Taste
  • Taste as Affected by the Intellectual Habits
  • Objects on Which Taste Is Exercised
  • Connexion of Taste with the Imagination
  • Value of Models of Excellence in the Arts
  • Explanation of the Word Picturesque
  • Revolutions in Taste
  • Different Qualities of Taste Explained
  • Different Uses of the Word Taste

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