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An outgrowth of the recent meeting of the International Society of the History of Rhetoric, this collection challenges the reader to reexamine the broad influence of 18th- and 19th-century Scottish rhetoric, often credited for shaping present-day studies in psychology, philosophy, literary criticism, oral communication, English literature, and composition. The contributors examine its influence and call for a new appraisal of its importance in light of recent scholarship and archival research. Many of the essays in the first section discuss the contributions of recognized influential figures including Adam Smith and Hugh Blair. Other essays focus on the importance of 18th-century Scottish sermons in relation to public discourse, audience analysis, peer evaluation, and professional rhetoric. Essays in the second section address 19th-century rhetorical theory and its influence on North American composition practice.
Contents
Preface; Introduction, Winifred Bryan Horner; Part 1 Reexamining Influential Figures; Chapter 1 Hume's Concept of Taste in the Context of Epideictic Rhetoric and 18th-Century Ethics, Dana Harrington; Chapter 2 Thomas Reid's Philosophy as a Basis for Rhetoric, William A. Wallace; Chapter 3 Ekphrastic Rhetoric and National Identity in Adam Smith's Rhetoric Lectures, Susan C. Jarratt; Chapter 4 Fitting Words: Propriety in Adam Smith's Rhetoric and Ethics, Stephen J. McKenna; Chapter 5 Blair "Abroad": The European Reception of the Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Don Abbott; Chapter 6 Student Notes of Hugh Blair's Lectures on Rhetoric, Gary Layne Hatch; Chapter 7 Professor William Greenfield, Sad Successor to Professor Hugh Blair: A Study of the Second Regius Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres at University of Edinburgh, 1784-1798, Sarah Sloane; Chapter 8 Staff and Student: The Teaching of Rhetoric in the Scottish Universities, Murray Pittock; Chapter 9 Rhetoric and Freedom in the Scottish Treatment of the History of Rhetoric, Herman Cohen; Chapter 10 The Rhetoric of George Campbell's Sermons, Mark Gellis; Chapter 11 Rhetorical Theory and Practice in Scottish Sermons Against American Independence, 1776-1779, Sandra J. Sarkela; Chapter 12 Scottish Influences on Richard Whately's Theory of Pathos, Jean Nienkamp; Chapter 13 "Scotch Knowledge" and the Formation of Rhetorical Studies in 19th-Century England, Linda Ferreira-Buckley; Part 2 The Rhetoric of North American Composition; Chapter 14 Samuel P. Newman's A Practical System of Rhetoric: An American Cousin of Scottish Rhetoric, Beth L. Hewett; Chapter 15 George Jardines Outlines of Philosophical Education: Prefiguring 20th-Century Composition Theory and Practice, Lynee Lewis Gaillet; Chapter 16 The Impact of Science on Rhetoric Through the Contributions of the University of Aberdeen's Alexander Bain, Shelley Aley; Chapter 17 Alexander Bain and the Teaching of Composition in North America, Andrea A. Lunsford;
