The Rhetoric of Reason: Writing and the Attractions of Argument

Rhetoric of the Human Sciences

by James R. Crosswhite

One of the most discussed and elusive female characters in the Russian literary tradition, Alexandr Pushkin's Tatiana Larina is the progenitor of an impressive list of heroines, ranging from Tolstoy's Anna Karenina to Pasternak's Lara Guishar in Doctor Zhivago. In this new study the author offers an exegesis of Pushkin's novel-in-verse, Eugene Onegin, that focuses systematically on Tatiana.

Genres: Logic

329 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1996

Reviews

[Mary]

I probably will like this book even better once I know the background he's working from better. When I did know, like when he responds to Derrida or Plato, I got it. When he brought in Gadamer and Cavell, I did my best through wikipedia to get the gist. I think this is important. The last chapter pulled it together for me, and I can see how this book gave rise to UT at A's 1st year composition course progression.

[Liaken]

Some good ideas ... but he gets a bit too sexists in his general stance.

[Teerabhat Ruensiri]

While the argument is thoughtprovoking, I believe that the author doesn't defend it well enough.