Contact with the Outside: Alienation, Masks and the Exteriority of Rhetoric A definition of the word rhetoric suggested by Walter Ong’s book Interfaces of the Word: Studies in the Evolution of Consciousness and Culture, though never explicitly named, could be argued to read contact with the outside. Indeed, for Ong and … Continue reading Some Thoughts on Ong and Havelock
With 2018 nigh upon us, it's time to look back at the best contributions from independent rhetoric and composition journals over the past year. I'm moving through the process of evaluating a number of essays for inclusion in a "Best of the Independent Rhetoric and Composition Journals 2018" anthology, so my mind is already geared … Continue reading Best of Rhetoric and Composition 2018
Jacob Richter 