The Office Of Assertion

by Crider, Scott F.

• ISBN13: 9781932236453
• ISBN10: 1932236457
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781684516308
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-30
• Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER
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Summary

Scott F. Crider addresses the intelligent university student with respect and humor. A short but serious book of rhetoric, it is informed by both the ancient rhetorical tradition and recent discoveries concerning the writing process. Though practical, it is not simply a how-to manual; though philosophical, it never loses sight of writing itself. Crider combines practical guidance about how to improve an academic essay with reflection on the purpose - educational, political, and philosophical - of such improvement.

Author Biography

Author Bio:

Scott F. Crider is Associate Professor of English at the University of Dallas, where he teaches courses in advanced composition and classical rhetoric. He has written extensively on Shakespeare and the English renaissance and is at work on a volume titled With What Persuasion: An Essay on Shakespeare and the Ethics of Rhetoric.

Table of Contents

Chapters Include

Rhetoric as the Liberal Art of Soul-Leading in Writing

Invention: The Discovery of Arguments

Organization: The Desire for Design

Style: Words and Sentences

Re-Vision: Products and Processes

Rhetoric as the Office of Assertion

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