that explain and illustrate them. In this edition, several significant new essays from the literature and an updated organization reflect current issues, scholarship, critical practices, and classroom needs.From H. A. Wichelns's groundbreaking "The Literary Criticism of Oratory" to very recent essays on visual argument, gender issues, and contemporary political discourse, the essays in this volume reflect the historical development, diversity, and current practice of rhetorical criticism.Collectively, the forty classic and contemporary essays in this book are among the most important and widely cited in the literature.

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