Argues that I. A. Richards established the basic argument for developing a truly new rhetoric and identified major critical components needed to formulate a rhetoric for the twenty-first century. Discusses multiplicity in meaning, speculative instruments, and metaphor. (PRA)

Summarizes K. Burke's dialogic theories and exemplifies how they describe not only Edward Burne-Jones's interpretations of his paintings, but also his painted interpretations of poetry. Discusses how Burke's epistemology of interpretive practice contributes to the discipline of poetry therapy. (SG)

Examines the ways in which tropes can argue and arguments can become tropes. Applies these concepts to the rhetoric of Carrie Chapman Catt and her identification of antisuffrage rhetoric. (NH)

Examines Churchill's use of archetypal metaphors in his speeches from 1930 to 1945. (MH)

Finds that two primary archetypal metaphors--death and rebirth--emerged in the public debate concerning management of the 1988 Yellowstone forest fires. Argues that the crisis brought two competing views of public land management to the forefront: the ecological view, and the human-centered view. (SR)

Uses the Vietnamese War as a metaphor for student and instructor approaches to language in composition classes. Explores George Orwell's "Politics and the English Language" in its relationship to the rhetoric surrounding United States intervention. (MM)

Examines two lines of feminist criticism argumentation (the "equity" critique and the "cognitive/epistemic" critique) as they apply to composition studies and speech communication. Argues that, although the two critiques apply to argumentation conceived as "war," they do not apply to argument conceived as…

Considers how the Conduit Metaphor of language and communication has been roundly condemned by language scholars, including scholars in rhetoric and composition. Notes that it is time to reevaluate its importance and value. Notes that the Conduit Metaphor combines with the metaphor Language Is Power to form a prudentially applied ethical measure…

Demonstrates the value of studying organizational myths through dramatistic analysis of public relations materials. Uses rhetorical theory to critique the symbolic realities created by myth. Applies dramatistic criticism to Grand Teton National Park's interpretive literature to disclose organizational myths that permeate its public relations…

Replies to Joseph Harris' critique of James Britton's conception of "spectator role" (English Education; v20 n1). (MS)

Describes Nathaniel Hawthorne's typological interpretation of American history. (RB)

One way to understand the religion of Islam is to analyze the language and rhetoric of its users and listeners. A study examined the meaning behind the recitation of the 99 metaphorical names of Allah (God), translated from Arabic. Muslim rituals, of which this recitation is one, fulfill the basic principles of metaphors, which imply a framework…

Discusses how students' strained metaphors and odd juxtapositions in writing literary analysis papers can reveal fresh perspectives on the literature being studied. (DD)

Examines former President Ford's consistent use of the war metaphor in an attempt to explain the domestic problem of inflation and posits various reasons for the war metaphor's failure to be accepted by the American public. (MH)

Suggests that Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address is an example of a speech using metaphor to transcend a recurring rhetorical problem. Shows how Roosevelt merged two metaphoric clusters, religious and military, into the image of "Holy War," first to calm, then activate the American people. (SR)