G P Mohrmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 4586034 |
|---|---|
| NAME | G P Mohrmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | G P |
| FAMILY NAME | Mohrmann |
| SIGNATURE | MOHRMANN G P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Davis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1965 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
An essay on fantasy theme criticism
Fantasy theme criticism extrapolates from fantasy chains in the small group, but Freudian theory is fundamental in Bales’ description of the chaining, and the phenomenon necessarily is transactional; in addition, Bales is not a true proponent of dramatism. Critics ignore or distort these features in their analyses. Moreover, they usually argue in circular fashion, assuming that they have isolated compelling social reality when they have described…
II. Fantasy theme criticism
(1982). II. Fantasy theme criticism: A peroration. Quarterly Journal of Speech: Vol. 68, No. 3, pp. 306-313
Reader, text, audience
Popular music and World War II
1976). Popular music and World War II: The rhetoric of continuation. Quarterly Journal of Speech: Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 145-156
Lincoln at cooper union
Genre theory can serve as a corrective to certain defects in “neo‐Aristotelian” rhetorical criticism. Analysis of the theory and practice of neo‐Aristotelian critics reveals the lack of adequate standards for rhetorical evaluation. This deficiency is directly correlated with their neglect of the classical conception of oratorical genres. Using our critique of Lincoln's Cooper Union Address as an example, we argue that reference to oratorical genr…
The language of nature and elocutionary theory
FEW developments in the rhetorical tradition have been so dramatic as the spread of elocution in England and the United States between 1750 and 1850; yet today the elocutionary movement is regarded as hardly more than a shallow response to pedogogical expediency. A variety of forces that supported the movement are cited in historical surveys, but the elocutionists seem to have been intellectually dormant. They appear to have plunged blindly onwar…
Kames and elocution
Lincoln at cooper union
Genre theory can serve as a corrective to certain defects in “neo‐Aristotelian” rhetorical criticism. Analysis of the theory and practice of neo‐Aristotelian critics reveals the lack of adequate standards for rhetorical evaluation. This deficiency is directly correlated with their neglect of the classical conception of oratorical genres. Using our critique of Lincoln's Cooper Union Address as an example, we argue that reference to oratorical genr…
Popular music and World War II
1976). Popular music and World War II: The rhetoric of continuation. Quarterly Journal of Speech: Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 145-156
An essay on fantasy theme criticism
Fantasy theme criticism extrapolates from fantasy chains in the small group, but Freudian theory is fundamental in Bales’ description of the chaining, and the phenomenon necessarily is transactional; in addition, Bales is not a true proponent of dramatism. Critics ignore or distort these features in their analyses. Moreover, they usually argue in circular fashion, assuming that they have isolated compelling social reality when they have described…
Reader, text, audience
The language of nature and elocutionary theory
FEW developments in the rhetorical tradition have been so dramatic as the spread of elocution in England and the United States between 1750 and 1850; yet today the elocutionary movement is regarded as hardly more than a shallow response to pedogogical expediency. A variety of forces that supported the movement are cited in historical surveys, but the elocutionists seem to have been intellectually dormant. They appear to have plunged blindly onwar…
Kames and elocution
The language of nature and elocutionary theory
FEW developments in the rhetorical tradition have been so dramatic as the spread of elocution in England and the United States between 1750 and 1850; yet today the elocutionary movement is regarded as hardly more than a shallow response to pedogogical expediency. A variety of forces that supported the movement are cited in historical surveys, but the elocutionists seem to have been intellectually dormant. They appear to have plunged blindly onwar…
Lincoln at cooper union
Genre theory can serve as a corrective to certain defects in “neo‐Aristotelian” rhetorical criticism. Analysis of the theory and practice of neo‐Aristotelian critics reveals the lack of adequate standards for rhetorical evaluation. This deficiency is directly correlated with their neglect of the classical conception of oratorical genres. Using our critique of Lincoln's Cooper Union Address as an example, we argue that reference to oratorical genr…
Popular music and World War II
1976). Popular music and World War II: The rhetoric of continuation. Quarterly Journal of Speech: Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 145-156
Reader, text, audience
An essay on fantasy theme criticism
Fantasy theme criticism extrapolates from fantasy chains in the small group, but Freudian theory is fundamental in Bales’ description of the chaining, and the phenomenon necessarily is transactional; in addition, Bales is not a true proponent of dramatism. Critics ignore or distort these features in their analyses. Moreover, they usually argue in circular fashion, assuming that they have isolated compelling social reality when they have described…
II. Fantasy theme criticism
(1982). II. Fantasy theme criticism: A peroration. Quarterly Journal of Speech: Vol. 68, No. 3, pp. 306-313
Sociology (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Rhetoric and Communication Studies (4 works) · Criticism (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works)