Books by Michelle Ballif

This reference is a guide to major trends and developments in rhetoric and rhetorical theory during the last 100 years. Included are alphabetically arranged entries for major and minor rhetoricians, such as Mikhail Bakhtin, Roland Barthes, Wayne Booth, Paul de Man, Jacques Derrida, Peter Elbow, and Linda Flower.

Explores how women in the fields of rhetoric and composition have succeeded, despite the challenges inherent in the circumstances of their work. This book relates their stories of successes (and failures) to serve as models for other women in the profession who aspire to 'make it', too.