The transformation of invention in nineteenth century American rhetoric

摘要: The virtual disappearance of an inventio discovery in American rhetoric during the nineteenth century has been extensively chronicled. This discussion attempts to explain development, starting with truism that rhetorical systems are cultural products arising response needs age. shift nature invention was direct result supremacy Campbell, Blair, and Whately discussions last century, three thinkers proving compatible dominant views philosophy, science, art—the philosophy being Scottish Common Sense Realism, science practical rather than theoretical, aesthetic conservative socially politically.