Invention in Rhetoric and Composition examines issues  that have surrounded historical and contemporary theories and  pedagogies of rhetorical invention, citing a wide array of positions  on these issues in both primary rhetorical texts and secondary  interpretations. It presents theoretical disagreements over the  nature, purpose, and epistemology of invention and pedagogical debates  over such issues as the relative importance of art, talent, imitation,  and practice in teaching discourse. After a discussion of treatments  of invention from the Sophists to the nineteenth century, Invention in  Rhetoric and Composition introduces a range of early twentieth-century  multidisciplinary theories and calls for invention’s awakening in the  field of English studies. It then showcases inventional theories and  pedagogies that have emerged in the field of Rhetoric and Composition  over the last four decades, including the ensuing research, critiques,  and implementations of this inventional work. As a reference guide,  the text offers a glossary of terms, an annotated bibliography of  selected texts, and an extensive bibliography.

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