Rhetorical Criticism: Perspectives in Action Book

Acknowledgements ix

Editor's Foreword xi

1 What is Rhetoric? Jim A. Kuypers Andrew King 1

2 Rhetorical Criticism As Art Jim A. Kuypers 13

3 On Objectivity and Politics in Criticism Edwin Black 29

4 The Rhetorical Situation Kathleen Farrell Marilyn J. Young 33

5 The "Traditional" Perspective Forbes I. Hill 39

6 Close Textual Analysis: Approaches and Applications Stephen Howard Browne 63

7 Generic Elements in Rhetoric William Benoit 77

8 Criticism of Metaphor Thomas R. Burkholder David Henry 97

9 The Narrative Perspective Robert Rowland 117

10 Kenneth Burke's Dramatic Form Criticism Floyd Douglas Anderson Andrew King Kevin McClure 143

11 Pentadic Criticism: The Wheels of Creation Andrew King 165

12 Framing Analysis Jim A. Kuypers 181

13 Fantasy-Theme Criticism Thomas J. St. Antoine Matthew T. Althouse Moya A. Ball 205

14 The Mythic Perspective Janice Hocker Rushing Thomas S. Frentz 231

15 Feminist Analysis Donna M. Nudd Kristina L. Whalen 257

16 Ideographic Criticism Ronald Lee 285

17 Critical Rhetoric and Continual Critique Raymie E. McKerrow Jeffrey St. John 321

18 Conceptually-Oriented Criticism Stephanie Houston Grey 341

19 Eclectic Criticism Jim A. Kuypers 363

Index 375

Biographical Sketches of the Authors 379