Historical Rhetoric. An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Sources in English. Edited by Winifred Bryan Horner. Boston: G. K. Hall and Co., 1980. Pp. xii + 294. The Winged Word. Berkley Peabody. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1975. Pp. 562. $40.00. Averroës’ Three Short Commentaries on Aristotle's “Topics,” "Rhetoric.” and “Poetics.” Edited and translated by Charles B. Butterworth. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1977. Pp. 3d. & 206. Francis Bacon and the Style of Science. James Stephens. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1975. Pp. xi ‐ 188. $10.95 (Cloth).

(1980). I. A. Richards' rhetorical theories in the classroom. Rhetoric Society Quarterly: Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 240-253.

(1980). Doctoral programs in rhetoric. Rhetoric Society Quarterly: Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 190-194.

(1980). I. A. Richards and the philosophy of rhetoric. Rhetoric Society Quarterly: Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 195-210.

The paper explores some fundamental differences In the Greek and Roman conceptions of rhetoric. These differences cam be modeled by a brief philological analysis of major terms significant in the history of rhetoric. In turn, this type of Inquiry suggests what some available conceptions of rhetorical experience are and how they might be carefully treated.

Classical Rhetoric and Its Christian and Secular Tradition from Ancient to Modern Times. George A. Kennedy. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1980. Pp. 292. $18.00, paper $9.00. Ann Berthoff and the Problem of Method in Writing: A Review Essay on Forming/Thinking/Writing: The Composing Imagination (Hayden Book Co., 1978)

(1980). Media transforming media: Implications of Walter Ong's stages of literacy. Rhetoric Society Quarterly: Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 56-61.

(1980). The rhetoric and sermons of Saint Augustine: A bibliography. Rhetoric Society Quarterly: Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 104-123.

"Rhetoric and philosophy: A selected inventory of lecture notes and dictates in Scottish archives, 1600–1700." , 10(1), pp. 41–42

Rhetorical Norms in Renaissance Literature. William J. Kennedy. New Haven, Conneticut: Yale University Press, 1978. Pp. 229. The Rhetoric of Western Thought. James L. Golden, Goodwin F. Berquist and William E. Coleman, editors. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company 1978. 10.95 (paper). Hesiod and the Language of Poetry. Pietro Pucci. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Pp. vii + 152. $9.50 (hard cover).

(1979). Dramatistic invention: The pentad as a heuristic procedure. Rhetoric Society Quarterly: Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 130-136.

This chapter draws distinctions somewhat unorthodox in discussing terms such as and with respect to rhetorical action. It suggests that the rules and conventions of linguistics and speech act theory are inadequate for a complete account of rhetorical phenomena. The chapter argues that the rules, conventions, and constraints of rhetorical action differ from those operating in conversation or dialogue. It also argues that in view of the fact that rhetorical action and strategies are in large part determined by constraints generated by aim, media, audience, and situation, rhetorical action is in large part not constrained by rules and conventions that are universal to human action or the language used. The chapter examines the effect that although linguistic conventions and rules, including speech act theory, are incidental to defining the felicity of certain rhetorical genre and modes, the main thrust of the art of rhetoric and rhetorical strategy deals with constraints not grounded in conventions and rules.

Perelman, Chaim. L'Empire rhétorique; rhétorique et argumentation. Collection “Tour Demain,” Paris: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, 1977. Perelman, Chaim and Olbrechts‐Tyteca, L. The New Rhetoric: A Treatise on Argumentation. Trans, by J. Wilkinson and P. Weaver. Notre Dame and London: University of Notre Dame Press, 1969. First paperback edition, 1971.

(1979). Speech acts and rehtorical action. Rhetoric Society Quarterly: Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 23-27.

(1978). The philosophy of composition, E. D. Hirsch, Jr. Rhetoric Society Quarterly: Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 145-148.

(1978). Resources for the study of transcendentalist rhetoric: Emerson and Thoreau. Rhetoric Society Quarterly: Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 165-175.