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  • Rhetoric: A Text-Book Designed for use in Schools and Colleges and for Private Study

    Document thumbnail: Rhetoric: A Text-Book Designed for use in Schools and Colleges and for Private Study
    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    1869 printing of the 1869 copyrighted text. The author is credited as a Doctor of Divinity, a Doctor of the Laws of English, and the President of the University of Michigan. Based on the experiences of the author's teaching, this text in an orderly presentation of the theory of the science and art of rhetoric with illustrations and directions on how to profit from it. Includes examples for imitation and disapproval from modern and ancient, obscure and celebrated authors. Divided into five parts: words and the material of expression, figures of speech and thought, composition and style, invention, and elocution. Part one includes sections on how to acquire the knowledge of words and how to obtain a good vocabulary. Part two includes sections on dialogue, vision, and wit. Part three includes sections on taste and different genres (epistolary, historical, fiction). Part four includes sections on description, narration, abstract subjects, and discussions. Part five includes a section on the intellectual and moral elements of elocution. The Schultz Archive is roughly the complete text.
    Creator/Author:
    Haven, E. O. (Erastus Otis), 1820-1881
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/19/2016
    Date Modified:
    08/19/2019
    Date Created:
    1869
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0