Beth Innocenti
Biographic Data
| ID | 5597004 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Beth Innocenti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Beth |
| FAMILY NAME | Innocenti |
| SIGNATURE | INNOCENTI B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kansas |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5051-8735 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Gilbert Austin’s Chironomia Revisited
Sara Newman and Sigrid Streit’s Gilbert Austin’sChironomiaRevisited is part of the Rhetoric in the Modern Era series published by Southern Illinois University Press. Books in the series are designed to introduce a rhetorical theorist or philosopher to readers with an interest in rhetoric but not necessarily with specialized knowledge and cover biographical material, intellectual contexts, and scholarship on the topic as well as rhetorical theory.…
Marshaling Normative Pragmatic Force to Secure Autonomy
Speakers’ autonomy as arguers is impaired when they are not recognized as arguers, they can’t get their arguments heard, and their arguments are ignored, dismissed, or used against them. How do speakers cultivate conditions to secure their autonomy as arguers? This article submits that they marshal normative pragmatic force or the practical efficacy of normative materials. To support this claim, this article explains what speakers’ autonomy as ar…
Demanding a halt to metadiscussions
The Persuasive Force of Political Humor
Political humor is ubiquitous in some contexts and forbidden in others, and yet scholars have described political humor as unreliable and attempts to control its meaning as futile. How do speakers design political humor to influence audiences, and why do they expect those designs to work? We argue that speakers design persuasive political humor by making visible their intent and undertaking obligations to act in accord with specific norms. We exp…
Trust in Texts
Towards a Theory of Vivid Description as Practiced in Cicero's Verrine Oration
Ancient Roman rhetoricians do not offer a systematic theory of vivid description in their rhetorical treatises, perhaps because it was treated at the early stages of a student's education and because it may be produced in various ways to achieve various purposes. After examining the references to vivid description scattered throughout ancient rhetorical treatises in discussions of style, amplification, narration, and proof, as well as Cicero's us…
Towards a Theory of Vivid Description as Practiced in Cicero's Verrine Oration
Ancient Roman rhetoricians do not offer a systematic theory of vivid description in their rhetorical treatises, perhaps because it was treated at the early stages of a student's education and because it may be produced in various ways to achieve various purposes. After examining the references to vivid description scattered throughout ancient rhetorical treatises in discussions of style, amplification, narration, and proof, as well as Cicero's us…
Towards a Theory of Vivid Description as Practiced in Cicero's Verrine Oration
Ancient Roman rhetoricians do not offer a systematic theory of vivid description in their rhetorical treatises, perhaps because it was treated at the early stages of a student's education and because it may be produced in various ways to achieve various purposes. After examining the references to vivid description scattered throughout ancient rhetorical treatises in discussions of style, amplification, narration, and proof, as well as Cicero's us…
Trust in Texts
The Persuasive Force of Political Humor
Political humor is ubiquitous in some contexts and forbidden in others, and yet scholars have described political humor as unreliable and attempts to control its meaning as futile. How do speakers design political humor to influence audiences, and why do they expect those designs to work? We argue that speakers design persuasive political humor by making visible their intent and undertaking obligations to act in accord with specific norms. We exp…
Demanding a halt to metadiscussions
Gilbert Austin’s Chironomia Revisited
Sara Newman and Sigrid Streit’s Gilbert Austin’sChironomiaRevisited is part of the Rhetoric in the Modern Era series published by Southern Illinois University Press. Books in the series are designed to introduce a rhetorical theorist or philosopher to readers with an interest in rhetoric but not necessarily with specialized knowledge and cover biographical material, intellectual contexts, and scholarship on the topic as well as rhetorical theory.…
Marshaling Normative Pragmatic Force to Secure Autonomy
Speakers’ autonomy as arguers is impaired when they are not recognized as arguers, they can’t get their arguments heard, and their arguments are ignored, dismissed, or used against them. How do speakers cultivate conditions to secure their autonomy as arguers? This article submits that they marshal normative pragmatic force or the practical efficacy of normative materials. To support this claim, this article explains what speakers’ autonomy as ar…
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