Rhetorical Theory by Women before 1900 An

This anthology is the first to feature women's rhetorical theory from the fifth through the nineteenth centuries. Assembling selections on rhetoric, composition, and communication by 24 women around the world, this valuable collection demonstrates an often-overlooked history of rhetoric as well as women's interest in conversation as a model for all discourse. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Preface

ix

Introduction

xiii

Aspasia (fifth century B.C.E.)

1

(13)

from Menexenus by Plato (c. 386 B.C.E.)

3

(9)

from De Inventione by Cicero (c. 86 s.C.E.)

12

(2)

Pan Chao (c. 48-117)

14

(8)

Lessons for Women (first century)

15

(7)

Sei Shonagon (b. 965?)

22

(16)

from The Pillow Book (c. 1000)

23

(15)

Christine de Pizan (c. 1364-c. 1430)

38

(7)

from The Book of the Body Politic (1404-1407)

40

(5)

Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (c. 1623-1673)

45

(14)

from The Worlds Olio (l655)

46

(13)

Margaret Fell (1614-1702)

59

(14)

Women's Speaking justified (1666)

60

(13)

Bathsua Makin (1600-c. 1675)

73

(9)

from An Essay to Revive the Ancient Education of Gentlewomen (1673)

75

(7)

Madeleine de Scudery (1608-1701)

82

(18)

``On Conversation'' from Les Conversations sur Divers Sujets (1680)

84

(6)

``Conversation on the Manner of Writing Letters'' from Conversations Nouvelles sur Divers Sujets (1684)

90

(10)

Mary Astell (1666-1731)

100

(9)

from A Serious Proposal, Part II (1697)

102

(7)

Hannah More (1745-1833)

109

(21)

from ``The Bas Bleu, or, Conversation'' (1783-1786)

110

(5)

from Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education (1799)

115

(15)

Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849)

130

(11)

from ``An Essay on the Noble Science of Self Justification'' (1795)

131

(10)

Lydia Sigourney (1791-1865)

141

(16)

from Letters to Young Ladies (1833)

143

(10)

from Letters to My Pupils (1851)

153

(4)

Eliza Farrar (1791-1870)

157

(15)

from The Young Lady's Friend (1836)

159

(2)

from The Youth's Letter Writer (1840)

161

(11)

Hallie Quinn Brown (1849-1949)

172

(23)

from Bits and Odds (1880?)

173

(2)

from Elocution and Physical Culture (before 1910?)

175

(20)

Genevieve Stebbins (1857-1914?)

195

(18)

from Delsarte System of Expression (1885)

196

(9)

from The Genevieve Stebbins System of Physical Training (1898)

205

(8)

Jennie Willing (1834-1916)

213

(9)

from The Potential Woman (1887)

215

(7)

Sara Lockwood (1854-c. 1902)

222

(19)

from Lessons in English (1888)

223

(18)

Frances E. Willard (1839-1898)

241

(14)

from Woman in the Pulpit (1889)

244

(11)

Anna Morgan (1851-1936)

255

(12)

from An Hour with Delsarte (1889)

256

(11)

Harriet L. Keeler (1846-1921) and Emma C. Davis (c. 1891)

267

(4)

from Studies in English Composition (1891)

268

(3)

Gertrude Buck (1871-1922)

271

(28)

from The Metapbor (1899)

274

(5)

from A Course in Expository Writing (1899) coauthored with Elisabeth Woodbridge

279

(9)

from A Course in Argumentative Writing (1899)

288

(6)

``The Present Status of Rhetorical Theory'' (1900)

294

(5)

Mary Augusta Jordan (1855-1941)

299

(18)

from Correct Writing and Speaking (1904)

300

(17)

Bibliography

317

(6)

Index

323

(14)

About the Editor

337

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