College English Mar 2020

“Not Instruction, but Provocation”: Clarity, the Divinity School Controversy, and Emerson’s Rhetorical Imaginary of Provocative Obscurity

Curry Kennedy

Abstract

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Journal
College English
Published
2020-03-01
DOI
10.58680/ce202030580
Open Access
Closed
Topics
voice and style

Citation Context

Cited by in this index (1)

  1. Kennedy (2024)
    Depression and Drama in Augustine of Hippo’s Rhetorical Imaginary
    Rhetoric Society Quarterly

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    Calvin and Hobbes: Trinity, Authority, and Community
    Philosophy & Rhetoric
  2. Larsen (1992)
    The progress of literacy: Edward Tyrrel Channing and the separation of the stud…
    Rhetoric Review
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    Toward a Democratic Politics of Meaning-Making: The Transcendentalist Controversy and the…
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    Just Being Difficult?: Academic Writing in the Public Arena
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    Newborn Bards of the Holy Ghost: The Seven Seniors and Emerson’s ‘Divinity School Address’
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