The Realms of Rhetoric: The Prospects for Rhetoric Education

Argues for a more theoretically-informed and cogent curricular space for rhetoric in the academy.

In The Realms of Rhetoric, contributors from a wide range of disciplines explore the challenges and opportunities faced in building a curricular space in the academy for rhetoric. Although rhetoric education has its roots in ancient times, the modern era has seen it fragmented into composition and public speaking, obscuring concepts, theories, and skills. Petraglia and Bahri consider the prospec...