Methods of Rhetorical Criticism: A Twentieth-Century Perspective

Methods of Rhetorical Criticism responds directly to major changes in the human communication process. With a thirty-year history, the book's various editions have provided a convenient collection of all the major perspectives and methods developed in communication. Yet each edition also serves to identify new trends within the discipline of communication, ultimately providing a critical definition of the "cutting edge" of the discipline.

Methods isolates five major perspectives which can control the communication process. It describes the logic governing these perspectives, and then illustrates how each is likely to deal with with major sociocultural contemporary issues.