Introduction to rhetorical theory. /
Gerard A. Hauser.
- 2nd ed.
- Prospect Heights, Ill. : Waveland Press, c2002.
- xv, 303 p. ; notes; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-296) and index.
Contents: The eventfulness of rhetoric -- Rhetorical thinking -- Rhetorical opportunities -- Making commitments through rhetoric -- Public judgement -- Finding ideas -- Using good reasons to persuade -- Persuasiveness of character -- The passions -- Narrative -- Acting with language -- experiencing meaning in rhetoric -- Rhetorical form as strategy -- Strategic forms of argument structures -- Afterword: inviting rhetoric.