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Tables of Contents for Critiques of Contemporary Rhetoric
Chapter/Section Title
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I THE ART OF RHETORICAL CRITICISM
Rhetoric, Language, and Criticism
2
15
The Nature of Rhetoric
3
3
The Bases of Rhetoric
6
3
The Rhetorical Dimensions of Language
9
3
Rhetoric as Conflict and Process
12
2
Rhetoric as an Academic Discipline
14
1
Rhetorical Criticism
15
2
Descriptive Analysis: The First Stage of Criticism
17
32
Elements of Descriptive Analysis
20
7
Purpose
20
1
Persona
21
1
Audience
21
2
Tone
23
1
Structure
24
1
Supporting Materials
25
1
Other Strategies
26
1
Summary
27
4
``Whites Say I Must Be on Easy Street''
31
3
Nell Irvin Painter
Descriptive Analysis Applied
34
14
Purpose
34
2
Audience
36
1
Persona
36
2
Tone
38
2
Structure
40
4
Supporting Material
44
2
Other Strategies
46
2
Works Cited
48
1
Recommended Readings
48
1
Historical---Contextual Analysis: The Second Stage of Criticism
49
24
The Rhetorical Problem
50
7
Historical-Cultural Context
51
1
Rhetor/Author
52
1
Audience
53
1
Competing Persuasive Forces
54
1
Supporting Materials
55
2
Historical-Contextual Analysis Applied
57
13
Historical-Cultural Context
57
4
Rhetor/Author
61
1
Audience
62
4
Competing Persuasive Forces
66
3
Supporting Material
69
1
Conclusion
70
1
Works Cited
71
1
Recommended Readings
72
1
Selecting or Inventing a Critical Perspective: The Third Stage of Criticism
73
36
Rationalistic Criticism
75
7
Invention
77
4
Arrangement
81
1
Style
81
1
Delivery
81
1
Memory
81
1
Psychosocial Criticism
82
10
Audience Adaptation and Pathos
83
1
Psychosocial Structure: Monroe's Motivated Sequence
83
1
The Rhetor's Ethos
84
2
The Psychological Power of Evidence
86
1
The Psychological Power of Language
87
1
Social Movements
87
2
ELM: Linking Rational and Psychological Elements
89
3
Dramatistic Criticism
92
6
Language and Symbols
92
1
Identification and Consubstantiality
93
1
The Pentad and Ratios
93
3
Structure as Form
96
1
Genres
97
1
Summary
98
1
A Critical Perspective Applied
98
7
Rationalism
98
2
Psychosocial Criticism
100
3
Dramatism
103
2
Conclusion
105
1
Works Cited
105
2
Recommended Readings
107
2
Evaluation: The Final Stage of Criticism
109
25
The Effects Criterion
110
4
Rationalistic Criticism
110
2
Psychosocial Criticism
112
2
Dramatistic Criticism
114
1
The Truth Criterion
114
3
Rationalistic Criticism
115
1
Psychosocial Criticism
116
1
Dramatistic Criticism
117
1
The Ethical Criterion
117
4
Rationalistic Criticism
117
1
Psychosocial Criticism
118
1
Dramatistic Criticism
119
2
The Artistic Criterion
121
3
Rationalistic Criticism
121
1
Psychosocial Criticism
122
1
Dramatistic Criticism
123
1
Summary
124
1
Conclusion
125
2
Painter Critique
125
2
Other Critiques
127
1
Works Cited
127
1
Recommended Readings
128
6
II THE PRACTICE OF RHETORICAL CRITICISM
Nell Irvin Painter's ``Whites Say I Must Be on Easy Street''
134
26
Thomas R. Burkholder
Karlyn Kohrs Campbell
Address Delivered in Chicago, Illinois, February 8, 1968
160
8
Robert F. Kennedy
The Light of Reason: Robert F. Kennedy on Vietnam
168
22
John M. Murphy
Vietnamization: The President's Address on War
190
12
Richard M. Nixon
The Rhetoric of Mythical America Revisited
202
11
Karlyn Kohrs Campbell
Farewell Speech at Tiananmen Square
213
3
Zhao Ziyang
Zhao Ziyang's Plea to the Students in Tiananmen Square
216
18
Lee Lin Lee
Address to the Joint Session of the United States Congress, June 26, 1990
234
7
Nelson Mandela
In Search of a Hero: An African American Interpretation of Nelson Mandela's Address to the United States Congress
241
25
Janice Watson
Address to the 1988 Republican National Convention
266
12
Ronald Reagan
Conventional Narrative as Rhetorical Strategy: Ronald Reagan's ``Address to the 1988 Republican National Convention''
278
15
Ann Chisholm
Plea for Corporate Conscience
293
10
Miles W. Lord
Miles W. Lord's ``Plea for Corporate Conscience''
303
25
Verna C. Corgan
Index
328
6
The Authors
334
1
The Contributors
335