| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
International studies in the history of rhetoric, 0924-4751 ; 13 |
| Contents |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
"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 for how he engaged received theory, fit practice to the era, struggled with age-old questions of thought and language, and spoke to his readers. He operationalized the concept of taste, giving it functionality for invention, and inflected Belletrism with American illustrations suited to the nascent, uniquely American communicative requirements of a democracy. Hewett's modern scholarly edition contextualizes this book as the serious work of a scholar-educator, demonstrating its values in the context of nineteenth-century American rhetorical and textbook history"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Newman, Samuel P. (Samuel Phillips), 1797-1842.
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| SUBJECT |
Newman, Samuel P. (Samuel Phillips), 1797-1842 fast |
| Subject |
English language -- 19th century -- Rhetoric
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English language -- Rhetoric
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hewett, Beth L., author of commentary
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| ISBN |
9789004441507 |
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9004441506 |
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