John Henry Newman's Rhetoric: Becoming a Discriminating Reader (American University Studies) - Hardcover

Britt, Jane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0820410659 ISBN 13: 9780820410654

Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, 1992

Synopsis

This book examines Newman's rhetoric in a number of ways: by rhythm and structure, by principles, states of mind, and methods of thought, by visual analysis and by typology. Rhythm and structure indicate the hidden art of his rhetoric. Principles, states of mind, and methods of thought reveal the deeper basis of his rhetoric. Carl Jung's typology discloses the reasons for agreement and disagreement in communication. Visualization enables the reader to grasp why the usually hidden art of the work has such an impact. Through the unity of these ways of examining Newman's rhetoric, the reader discovers a new organon for reading discriminately not only Newman but other classical and erudite authors.

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About the Author:

The Author: John F. Britt is a Professor in the Department of Teacher Education at the University of Dayton. He received his Ph.D. in Education and Philosophy in 1962 from St. Louis University and his S.T.D. in Theology with a specialization in Marian Studies and in John Henry Newman from the International Marian Research Institute (IMRI), the American branch of the Marianum in Rome and located at the University of Dayton, in 1983. As a member of the Friends of Newman and Vitae Scholasticae he has contributed a variety of works on rhetoric and Newman.

Review:

«The work is useful because it delineates important themes in an organic style. Though not a system, it is nonetheless a synthesis of rhetoric, psychology, philosophy, literature, theology, and biography through a coherent, lucid account of Newman's principles, methods of thought, and states of mind over his lengthy and famous career. Furthermore, it uses precise techniques and detailed apparatus for analysis.» (Charles E. Hewitt, University of Notre Dame)

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0820410659
• ISBN 13: 9780820410654
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 218