Table of Contents

Contents: T.W. Benson, Introduction: Beacons and Boundary-Markers: Landmarks in Rhetorical Criticism (1993). H.A. Wichelns, The Literary Criticism of Oratory (1925). K. Burke, The Rhetoric of Hitler's Battle (1939). M.H. Nichols, Lincoln's First Inaugural (1954). C.C. Arnold, Lord Thomas Erskine: Modern Advocate (1958). H.G. Stelzner, "War Message, "December 8, 1941: An Approach to Language (1966). R.L. Scott, A Rhetoric of Facts: Arthur Larson's Stance as a Persuader (1968). J.A. Campbell, Darwin and The Origin of Species: The Rhetorical Ancestry of an Idea (1970). E. Black, The Second Persona (1970). M.C. Leff, G.P. Mohrmann, Lincoln at Cooper Union: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Text (1974). K.K. Campbell, Stanton's "Solitude of Self": A Rationale for Feminism (1980). S.E. Lucas, Genre Criticism and Historical Context: The Case of George Washington's First Inaugural Address (1986). M. Charland, Constitutive Rhetoric: The Case of the Peuple Québécois (1987).