Rhetorical criticism: exploration and practice

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"With an unparalleled talent for distilling sophisticated rhetorical concepts and processes, Sonja Foss highlights ten methods of doing rhetorical criticism--the systematic investigation and explanation of symbolic acts and artifacts. Each chapter focuses on one method, its foundational theories, and the steps necessary to perform an analysis using that method. Foss provides instructions on how to write coherent, well-argued reports of analytical findings, which are then illustrated by sample essays."--Back cover.  Read more... 1. The Nature of Rhetorical Criticism 2. Doing Rhetorical Criticism 3. Neo-Aristotelian Criticism: Genesis of Rhetorical Criticism 4. Cluster Criticism 5. Fantasy-Theme Criticism 6. Feminist Criticism 7. Generic Criticism 8. Ideological Criticism 10. Narrative Criticism 11. Pentadic Criticism 12. Generative Criticism