Warren Hunting Smith Library: Writing and Rhetoric: Subject Guide

SUBJECT | WRITING & RHETORIC

Keywords and Phrases

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Here are some sample search combinations for Writing and Rhetoric:

dialectic AND Aristotle
"english composition" OR "reading comprehension"
debate AND delivery

Scholarly Articles

JSTOR
Interdisciplinary collection of scholarly articles and ebooks.
Project Muse
Full text articles and ebooks in interdisciplinary subjects such as literature, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, political science, and gender studies.
Now includes more than 95,000 ebooks, in addition to scholarly articles.
Sociological Abstracts
Sociological Abstracts provides access to the world's literature in sociology and related disciplines, both theoretical and applied.

Magazines and Newspapers

Alt-Press-Watch
Magazine and newspapers articles from alternative and independent presses from 1970 to the present.
Flipster Digital Editions
New digital platform for accessing select popular magazines.
Historical New York Times
Full-text articles from the New York Times dating from 1851 with a 5-year embargo on current content.
Atlantic Magazine Archive
Back files of the Atlantic Magazine from 1857 - 2014.

Speeches and Sources of Inspiration

Black Thought & Culture
Non-fiction texts (books and periodicals) by Black leaders.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context)
Coverage of social issues from a variety of sides.
Race Relations in America
Primary sources about race relations from 1943-1970.
Women and Social Movements
A great source of political writings, including letters and speeches.
World Newsreels Online: 1929-1966
International newsreels produced from 1929 through the early post-war period (a subset of AVON).

Encyclopedia of Writing and Rhetoric

Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition by Theresa Jarnagin Enos (Editor)
ISBN: 9780415875240

Publication Date: 2010-03-17

This classic reference surveys the field, covering rhetoric's principles, concepts, applications, practical tools, and major thinkers

Writing and Rhetoric