Invention as a Social Act

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The act of inventing relates to the process of inquiry, to creativity, to poetic and aesthetic invention. Building on the work of rhetoricians, philosophers, linguists, and theorists in other disciplines, Karen Burke LeFevre challenges a widely-held view of rhetorical invention as the act of an atom...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: LeFevre, Karen Burke
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 1986.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Report writing > Study and teaching > Social aspects.
Invention (Rhetoric) > Social aspects.
English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching > Social aspects.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
Rapports > Redaction > Étude et enseignement > Aspect social.
Invention (Rhetorique) > Aspect social.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The act of inventing relates to the process of inquiry, to creativity, to poetic and aesthetic invention. Building on the work of rhetoricians, philosophers, linguists, and theorists in other disciplines, Karen Burke LeFevre challenges a widely-held view of rhetorical invention as the act of an atomistic individual. She proposes that invention be viewed as a social act, in which individuals interact dialectically with society and culture in distinctive ways. Even when the primary agent of invention is an individual, invention is pervasively affected by relationships of that individual t.
Physical Description:1 online resource (190 pages).
ISBN:9780809390854

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