Conversational Rhetoric: The Rise and Fall of a Women's Tradition, 1600-1900

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Copyright © 2012 by the Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 15 14 13 12 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Donawerth, Jane, 1947– Conversational rhetoric : the rise and fall of a women’s tradition, 1600–1900 / Jane Donawerth. p. cm. — (Studies in rhetorics and feminisms) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-8093-3027-0 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8093-3027-X (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-8093-8630-7 (ebook) ISBN-10: 0-8093-8630-5 (ebook) 1. Rhetoric—United States—History. 2. Rhetoric— England—History. 3. English language—Discourse analysis. 4. Women—Education—United States—Language arts. 5. Women—Education—England—Language arts. 6. Oral communication—United States. 7. Oral communication— England. I. Title. P301.D66 2011 808'.042082—dc22 2011006185 Printed on recycled paper. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. To my family, Woody, Kate, and Donnie ...