Locating Rhetoric: Rhetoric – Alive and Well


	Locating Rhetoric: Rhetoric – Alive and Well

RayWatkins

8-10-2007 11:34 AM

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composition, literature, education

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Phillip D. Casteel
University of Texas at Arlington

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9-26-2007 11:19 AM

abailart

Rhetoric has been worn down into catachrestic loose change. Rhetoric and voice startled into being again are at the core of liberal education.

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