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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.
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Samuel P. Newman: A Scholar-Educator
2 Samuel P. Newman's Life and Work
3 The State of Rhetoric and Oratory at Bowdoin College
4 Newman's Place in Nineteenth-Century American Rhetoric
5 The Evolution of a Practical System of Rhetoric
6 Introduction to the Scholarly Edition Copy Text
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
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
Technical Taste
Taste of Comparison
Philosophical Taste
Chapter Third: On Literary Taste
Chapter Fourth: On Skill in the Use of Language
Section I.—On Verbal Criticism
Section II.—On the Composition of Sentences
Chapter Fifth: On Style
Section 1. On the Qualities of a Good Style
Section 2. On the Modes of Writing, Which Characterize the Productions of Different Individuals
Section 3. On Modes of Writing Suited to Different Subjects and Occasions
Exercises on Chapter I
Exercise I
Exercise II
Exercise III
Exercise IV
Exercise V
Exercise on Chapter III
Exercise on Chapter IV
Exercise on Chapter V
Historical Dissertation on English Style
Of English Style before the Revival of Letters
From the Revival of Letters to the Reign of Elizabeth
Reign of Elizabeth
Reign of James I
Charles I. and the Commonwealth
Reign of Charles II
Contents
Appendix 1: Preface (1st 1827 with 2nd 1829 Edition Content-Base Revisions)
Appendix 2: Introduction (1st 1827 with 2nd 1829 Edition Text-Base Revisions)
Appendix 3: Examples of Content-Base Revision Changes in Newman's Chapter 1
Appendix 4: 4th 1834 Edition Chapter 1 Exercises
Appendix 5: 4th 1834 Edition Chapter 2 Exercises
Appendix 6: 4th 1834 Edition Chapter 3 Exercises
Appendix 7: 4th 1834 Edition Chapter 5 Exercises
Appendix 8: Preface from 1837 London Edition
Appendix 9: Of English Style before the Revival of Letters
Works Cited
Index
