Composition: History & Theory: 1800 - 1865
Newman, Samuel: A Practical System of Rhetoric (1827)
Description
Samuel Newman ( of Bowdoin) mentions the modes of discourse in his 1827 book, A Practical System of Rhetoric. While the book is of limited influence theoretically, there are some imitators, and the modes would eventually come to dominate composition theory.
Author
Amanda Hayes
Date of Upload
4/19/11