Volume illuminates many of the tensions present in the field of rhetoric and composition studies, explaining the scope and role of rhetoric in contemporary scholarship. For scholars and other individuals interested in rhetoric and composition studies./P>

Contents: Introduction. Part I: Historical Context--Rhetoric and Composition Studies. J. Lauer, The Spaciousness of Rhetoric. Part II: Theory-Building and Critiquing Corderian Rhetoric. J.S. Baumlin, Toward a Corderian Theory of Rhetoric. K.D. Miller, Jim Corder's Radical, Feminist Rhetoric. W.R. Winterowd, The Uses of Rhetoric. W. Bishop, Preaching What He Practices: Jim Corder's Irascible and Articulate Oeuvre. P.C. Hoy, IIA Writer's Haunting Presence. G.E. Yoos, Finding Jim's Voice: A Problem in Ethos and Personal Identity. Part III: Parallels, Extensions, and Applications. T. Enos, A Call for Comity. R.E. Young, Toward an Adequate Pedagogy for Rhetorical Argumentation: A Case Study in Invention. R. Lloyd-Jones, Rhetoric and Conflict Resolution. E. Ervin, Rhetoricians at War and Peace. Part IV: Theoretical, Pedagogical, and Institutional Issues. T. Warnock, Bringing Over Yonder Over Here: A Personal Look at Expressivist Rhetoric as Ideological Action. P. Elbow, A More Spacious Model of Writing and Literacy. J. Warnock, Weaving a Way Home: Composing a Personal Geography. D. Hesse, Who Owns Creative Nonfiction?