The Rhetoric of Blair, Campbell, and Whately
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The Rhetoric of Blair, Campbell, and Whately
（Landmarks in rhetoric and public address）
Southern Illinois University Press, c1990
Available at 5 libraries
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"With updated bibliographies."
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1968
Includes excerpts from Blair's Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres, Campbell's The philosophy of rhetoric, and Whately's Elements of rhetoric
Includes bibliographies
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Hugh Blair, George Campbell, and Richard Whately, whose works were first published in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, constituted the great triumvirate of British Rhetoricians. For 20 years, earlier printings of this book, which contains substantial excerpts comprising the most significant portions of their writings, have been widely used as textbooks in history-of-rhetoric courses. An increasing interest in rhetoric at the college level has created a renewed demand for reprints of such classic primary texts.
The Preface places the three rhetoricians within the context of the rhetorical tradition, which began in 5th-century BCE Greece. The bibliographies have been updated to include 20th-century scholarly work on Blair, Campbell, and Whately, and on the 18th- and 19th-century rhetorical movement. Biographical sketches of Blair, Campbell, and Whately are also provided.
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