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Johnson argues that nineteenth-century rhetoric was primarily synthetic, derived from the combination of classical elements and eighteenth-century belletristic and epistemological approaches to theory and practice. She reveals that nineteenth-century rhetoric supported several rhetorical arts, each conceived systematically from a similar theoretical foundation.

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<p> Nan Johnson's book is the most comprehensive of the book-length studies of nineteenth-century rhetoric in America... --Edward P. J. Corbett, Ohio State University

Nan Johnson's book is the most comprehensive of the book-length studies of nineteenth-century rhetoric in America... --Edward P. J. Corbett, Ohio State University Nan Johnson' s book is the most comprehensive of the book-length studies of nineteenth-century rhetoric in America... -- Edward P. J. Corbett, Ohio State University Nan Johnson's book is the most comprehensive of the book-length studies of nineteenth-century rhetoric in America... --Edward P. J. Corbett, Ohio State University

Nan Johnson's book is the most comprehensive of the book-length studies of nineteenth-century rhetoric in America... --Edward P. J. Corbett, Ohio State University

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