Table of Contents

Part 1 Editor's Foreword Chapter 2 1. What is Rhetoric? Chapter 3 2. Rhetorical Criticism as Art Chapter 4 3. On Objectivity and Politics in Criticism Chapter 5 4. The Rhetorical Situation Chapter 6 5. The Traditional Perspective Chapter 7 6. Close Textual Analysis: Approaches and Applications Chapter 8 7. Generic Criticism Chapter 9 8. Criticism of Metaphor Chapter 10 9. The Narrative Perspective Chapter 11 10. Kenneth Burke's Dramatic Form Criticism Chapter 12 11. Kenneth Burke's Pedantic Criticism: The Wheels of Creation Chapter 13 12. Framing Analysis Chapter 14 13. The Fantasy Theme Perspective Chapter 15 14. The Mythic Perspective Chapter 16 15. Feminist Criticism Chapter 17 16. Ideographical Criticism Chapter 18 17. Critical Rhetoric Chapter 19 18. Conceptually Oriented Criticism Chapter 20 19. Eclectic Criticism

About the Author

Jim A. Kuypers is a member of the Department of Communication at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.