Invention as a social act

LeFevre, Karen Burke. (Author). Conference on College Composition and Communication (U.S.) (Added Author).

Summary: The act of inventing relates to the process of inquiry, to creativity, to poetic and aesthetic invention. Building on the work of rhetoricians, philosophers, linguists, and theorists in other disciplines, Karen Burke LeFevre challenges a widely-held view of rhetorical invention as the act of an atomistic individual. She proposes that invention be viewed as a social act, in which individuals interact dialectically with society and culture in distinctive ways. Even when the primary agent of invention is an individual, invention is pervasively affected by relationships of that individual t.

Record details

ISBN: 9780809313280
ISBN: 0809313286
ISBN: 9781336153691
ISBN: 9780809390854
ISBN: 1336153695
ISBN: 080939085X
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 173 pages).
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Publisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, �1987.

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General Note:	"Published for the Conference on College Composition and Communication." CatMonthString:march.20 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-173).
Formatted Contents Note:	Cover; Studies in Writing & Rhetoric Series; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Frank J. D'Angelo; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. A Platonic View of Rhetorical Invention; 3. Invention as a Social Act; 4. A Continuum of Social Perspectives on Invention; 5. The Role of Language: A Foundation for a Social Perspective on Invention; 6. Implications of a Social Perspective on Rhetorical Invention; Notes; Bibliography; Author Biography; Back Cover.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Language Note:	English.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.