TY - BOOK AU - Roberts-Miller,Patricia TI - Voices in the wilderness: public discourse and the paradox of Puritan rhetoric SN - 0585263701 AV - PS153.P87 R63 1999eb U1 - 810.9/001 21 PY - 1999/// CY - Tuscaloosa PB - University of Alabama Press KW - American prose literature KW - Puritan authors KW - History and criticism KW - English language KW - Rhetoric KW - Study and teaching KW - United States KW - New England KW - Discourse analysis KW - Political aspects KW - History KW - Puritans KW - Intellectual life KW - Language and culture KW - Puritan movements KW - Prose américaine KW - Auteurs puritains KW - Histoire et critique KW - Discours politique KW - Nouvelle-Angleterre KW - Histoire KW - États-Unis KW - Puritains KW - Vie intellectuelle KW - Anglais (Langue) KW - Rhétorique KW - Langage et culture KW - Puritanisme KW - LITERARY CRITICISM KW - American KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-204) and index; Preface -- Ghost in the sphere -- The ontic logos, predestination, and aims of probability -- The place of the opposition -- Sugaring of rhetoric -- Prophets in a howling wilderness -- Arguments with voices in the wilderness -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - What has gone wrong with discourse and deliberation in the United States? It remains monologic, argues Patricia Roberts-Miller in Voices in the Wilderness, which traces America's dominant form of argumentation back to its roots in the rhetorical tradition of 17th-century American Puritans. A work of composition theory, rhetorical theory, and cultural criticism, this volume ultimately provides not only new approaches to argumentation and the teaching of rhetoric, composition, and communication but also an original perspective on the current debate over public discourse