Rethinking Rhetorical Theory, Criticism, and Pedagogy

Introducing the central insights of one of the most innovative and prolific rhetoricians of the 20th century, Michael Leff. This volume charts Leff 's development as a scholar, revealing both the variety of topics and the approach that marked his oeuvre, as well as his long-standing critique of the disciplinary assumptions of classical, Hellenistic, renaissance, modern, and postmodern rhetoric.