Adam Smith: The Rhetoric of Propriety (Suny Series, Rhetoric in the Modern Era) - Softcover

McKenna, Stephen J

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791465829 ISBN 13: 9780791465820

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Pr, 2005

Synopsis

Provides the first book-length treatment of Smith’s rhetorical theory, focusing on his theory of rhetorical propriety―the means by which effective communication is adapted to the variables of subject, audience, speaker or writer, purpose, and moment―and the centrality of this concept to his thought.

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Review

"This topic is relevant to the history of rhetorical thought and practice, and in McKenna's hands, Smith becomes relevant to the study of current rhetorical practices, educational theories, and civic rhetoric/public literacy. An engaging book."

About the Author

Stephen J. McKenna is Associate Professor of English and Media Studies and Director of The Rhetoric Program at The Catholic University of America. He is the coeditor (with Lewis Copeland and Lawrence W. Lamm) of The World's Great Speeches: 292 Speeches from Pericles to Nelson Mandela, Fourth Enlarged Edition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Pr
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791465829
• ISBN 13: 9780791465820
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200