The Handbook of Rhetoric and Public Address

<i>The Handbook of Rhetoric and Public Address</i> is a state-of-the-art companion to the field that showcases both the historical traditions and the future possibilities for public address scholarship in the twenty-first century. <ul> <li>Focuses on public address as both a subject matter and a critical perspective</li> <li>Mindful of the connections between the study of public address and the history of ideas</li> <li>Provides an historical overview of public address research and pedagogy, as well as a reassessment of contemporary public address scholarship by those most engaged in its practice</li> <li>Includes in-depth discussions of basic issues and controversies public address scholarship</li> <li>Explores the relationship between the study of public address and contemporary issues of civic engagement and democratic citizenship</li> <li>Reflects the diversity of views among public address scholars, advancing on-going discussions and debates over the goals and character of rhetorical scholarship</li> </ul>