Rhetoric Bibliography

Textbooks:

(Corbett and Connors 1999), (Engell 1999), (Torricelli and Carroll 2000), (Lucas 2011), (Farrell 1993)

Part I: The Nature of Rhetoric / A Long Struggle

• Nature and Purposes of Rhetoric; Original Five Canons; Three Kinds of Persuasive Discourse; Importance of Rhetoric Today (Corbett and Connors 1999, p15–26)
• Isaac Backus, Speech to Massachusetts Constitutional Convention [from “Mr. President, I have said very little” to “any people upon earth.”]
• Frederick Douglass, Fifth of July Oration
• Caleb Bingham, from The Columbian Orator
• David Blight, Editor’s Introduction to The Columbian Orator, “The Peculiar Dialogue Between Caleb Bingham and Frederick Douglass”
• James Engell, from The Committed Word: Literature and Public Values, ch. 1, “The Committed Word”
• Henry Clay on Slavery and Abolition
• Abraham Lincoln, “A House Divided”
• Douglas Wilson, from Honor’s Voice, The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln
• W.E.B. DuBois on “The Battle for Humanity” (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p17–20)
• Thurgood Marshall, from Brown v. Board of Education (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p198–99)
• John Quincy Adams, from Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory, Inaugural Oration; Lecture I, “General View of Rhetoric and Oratory”
• Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (Corbett and Connors 1999, p301–14) with analysis of arrangements (Corbett and Connors 1999, p315–19), and analysis of style by Richard P. Fulkerson (Corbett and Connors 1999, p478–83)
• King, Call to End Segregation–“I have a dream…” (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p234–37)
• Thomas B. Farrell, An Ethically and Aesthetically Significant Art from Norms of Rhetorical Culture, hereafter “Norms.” Optional but encouraged.
• Lyndon Johnson, Address to Congress, Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p259–65)

Part II: Thesis, Invention, Persuasion, Topics / Shaping the Republic

• The Thesis; Three Modes of Persuasion: logos, pathos, ethos (Corbett and Connors 1999, p27–84; Lucas 2011, p325–346, p142–159)
• “Looking for an Argument” (Corbett and Connors 1999, p130–37; Lucas 2011, p82–93)
• George Campbell, from The Philosophy of Rhetoric, 1, i, I, “Eloquence”
• Delivery of Speeches (Lucas 2011, p67–71, p239–252)
• Patrick Henry, Speech in Virginia Convention of Delegates
• Thomas Paine, from Common Sense
• Bernard Bailyn, from The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, ch. 1, “The Literature of Revolution”
• Alan Heimert, from Religion and the American Mind
• Declaration of Independence
• Pauline Maier, from American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence
• Aristotle, from Rhetoric
• Rhetoric as ethical practice (Lucas 2011, p30–40; Farrell 1993, p61–83) Optional
• Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 1
• Madison, Federalist No. 10 (Corbett and Connors 1999, p214–20) and analysis by Mark Ashin [220-30]
• James Madison, Federalist No. 37
• Henry, against the Constitution, Virginia Ratifying Convention
• Madison, for the Constitution, Virginia Ratifying Convention

Part III Topics / Foreign Affairs

• Topics [Corbett and Connors (1999) p84-120; also p209-14, Part V below]
• Special Topics (Corbett and Connors 1999, p120–30)
• Woodrow Wilson Requests Declaration of War (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p37–39)
• F.D. Roosevelt on the “four freedoms” (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p120–23)
• • J.F. Kennedy, “Ich bin ein Berliner” (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p232–33)
• J.Q. Adams, from Lecture II, “Eloquence Considered”
• Shen Tong on Tiananmen Square (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p385–88)
• Elizabeth Linder and Connie Mack, Congressional Hearing (Farrell 1993, p304–08)
• Rhetoric as a particular practice of civic virtue (Farrell 1993, p93–100) Optional

Part IV Designing Arguments / Justice, Social Choice

• Arrangement [Organization] and Parts Lucas (2011)
• Rose Schneiderman on Triangle Shirtwaist Fire (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p32–33)
• Al Smith Assails William Randolph Hearst (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p57–58)
• John L. Lewis on “Brutality and Oppression” of Big Business (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p112–14)
• Susan B. Anthony on Women’s Rights before a Congressional Committee
• Phyllis Schlafly Opposes Women’s Rights Movement (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p329–35)
• Hugh Blair, from Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Parts of a Discourse
• Margaret Sanger Promotes Birth Control (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p68–70)
• Sarah Weddington, from Roe v. Wade (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p302–04)
• Mario Cuomo on abortion, an analysis (Farrell 1993, p213–24)
• J.Q. Adams, from Lecture XI, “Deliberative Oratory”
• George Campbell, from 1, i, V, “Of Intuitive and Deductive Evidence”
• Clarence Darrow on sentencing of Leopold and Loeb (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p76–78)
• Sarah Brady on Gun Control (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p424–26)
• Charlton Heston on Second Amendment Rights (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p426–31)
• J. Robert Oppenheimer on Morality and Science (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p151–53)
• Rachel Carson on “Exceeding Beauty of the Earth” (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p202–05)
• Carson, “The Obligation to Endure” from Silent Spring (Corbett and Connors 1999, p185–90) and topical analysis (Corbett and Connors 1999, p190–95)

Part V Style & Emphasis / Praise and Remembrance

• Style (Corbett and Connors 1999, 337–69, 478–83; Lucas 2011, 221–27); review Delivery (Lucas 2011, p67–71, p239–252)
• Jane Addams, Address to Union League Club on George Washington (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p8–11)
• Carl Sandburg, from Address to Congress on Abraham Lincoln (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p212–15)
• Martin Luther King, Jr., on Four Martyred Girls (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p237–39)
• J.Q. Adams, from Lecture XXVI, “Perspicuity”
• George Campbell, 1, ii, VI, “Of Perspicuity”
• The New Yorker Obituary for Katherine Sergeant White (Corbett and Connors 1999, p209–11) and analysis of the topics in the obituary (Corbett and Connors 1999, p211–14)
• Thomas Sheridan, from Elocution
• “Tragedy as Eulogy,” Edward Kennedy on John Kennedy (Farrell 1993, p118–34) Optional
• Jay Heinrichs, “How Harvard Destroyed Rhetoric” in Harvard Magazine

Part VI Who speaks? / Political Debate, Controversy

• Benjamin Franklin, Speech at the Constitutional Convention
• George Washington, from Farewell Address
• J.Q. Adams, from Lecture XV, “Qualities of an Orator”
• Joseph McCarthy, from a speech to honor Lincoln (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p173–76)
• Margaret Chase Smith, against hate and fear as political tactics (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p176–79)
• “Rhetoric in the Army-McCarthy Hearings” (Farrell 1993, p39–47)
• Amy Gutmann, “The Lure & Dangers of Extremist Rhetoric”
• Dwight Eisenhower, from Farewell Address (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p219–21)
• Shirley Chisholm, on Government Spending (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p279–82)
• Barry Goldwater, accepting 1964 nomination (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p249–52)
• Barbara Jordan, 1973 Impeachment of Richard Nixon (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p312–16)
• Ronald Reagan, “Make America Great Again,” from speech accepting 1980 nomination (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p341–45)
• Mario Cuomo, from 1984 convention speech (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, 354–59)
• Elie Wiesel to Reagan on planned visit to Bitburg Cemetery (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p363–66)
• The example of Bitburg, analysis (Farrell 1993, p291–93)

Part VII Figures & Metaphor / The Poetic and Our Polity

• Figures of Speech; the Value of Imitation, (Corbett and Connors 1999, p377–448; Lucas 2011, p227–232)
• Daniel Webster, from Eulogy on Adams and Jefferson, their Literary Character and Eloquence
• William Faulkner, Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, p179–80)
• John Kennedy, tribute to Robert Frost (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, 242–44)
• Isaac Bashevis Singer, Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, 327–29)

Part VIII A Brief History / Inaugurating Hope

• FDR, First Inaugural Address (Torricelli and Carroll 2000, 99–102) and analysis (Farrell 1993, 83–93)
• JFK, Inaugural Address (Corbett and Connors 1999, 459–61) and analysis (Corbett and Connors 1999, 461–72)
• Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address
• David Zarefsky, “Approaching Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address” -“A Survey of Rhetoric” (Corbett and Connors 1999, 489–543)

Part IX Study & Commitment / Remarks at a Dedication

• Engell, from The Committed Word, ch. 9, “Lincoln’s Language, and Ours,” and ch. 10, “Recommitment”
• Lincoln, Gettysburg Address
• William Barton, from Lincoln at Gettysburg

References

Corbett, Edward P. J., and Robert J. Connors. 1999. Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student. 4th ed. Oxford University Press.

Engell, James. 1999. The Committed Word: Literature and Public Values. University Park: Penn State Press.

Farrell, T. B. 1993. Norms of Rhetorical Culture. Yale University Press. https://books.google.co.il/books?id=AkJEiCdIimgC.

Lucas, Stephen E. 2011. The Art of Public Speaking. 11th ed. McGraw-Hill.

Torricelli, Robert G., and Andrew Carroll. 2000. In Our Own Words: Extraordinary Speeches of the American Century. Simon; Schuster.