Rhetorical Criticism: Perspectives in Action - Paperback

by Jim A. Kuypers (Editor)

Helping students learn how to perform rhetorical criticism, this book stresses criticism as an art and as a means to engage in critical thinking. The chapters and sample essays are written by noted experts and geared towards student accessibility. The third edition includes new chapters on visual rhetoric and digital rhetoric.

Author Biography

Jim A. Kuypers is professor of communication at Virginia Tech. His many publications include Twentieth Century Roots of Rhetorical Studies, Bush's War, and Partisan Journalism (a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title). He has been honored with the American Communication Association's Outstanding Contribution to Communication Scholarship Award, the Southern States Communication Association's Janice Hocker Rushing Early Career Research Award, and Dartmouth College's Distinguished Lecturer Award.