Genung’s Theory of Persuasion: A Literary Theory of Oratory of Late Nineteenth-Century America

Author(s)

William D. Harpine, University of South Carolina - AikenFollow

Document Type

Article

Subject Area(s)

Communication

Abstract

John Genung’s late nineteenth century rhetoric textbooks, although founded on an eighteenth century model of Scottish composition, present an original conception of oratory. Genung’s theory breaks free of the classical models and lays out the path to be followed during the development of speech studies among American rhetoricians of the early twentieth century.

Publication Info

Postprint version. Published in Advances in the History of Rhetoric, Volume 7, 2004, pages 31-43.

© Advances in the History of Rhetoric, 2004, Taylor and Francis.

Harpine, W. D. (2004). Genung's theory of persuasion: A literary theory of oratory of late nineteenth-century America. Advances in the history of Rhetoric, 7(1), 31-43.

This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Advances in the History of Rhetoric, 2004, © Taylor & Francis, available online at:http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/15362426.2004.10557224

DOI:10.1080/15362426.2004.10557224