Edward P. J. Corbett

Edward P.J. Corbett (October 29, 1919 – June 24, 1998) was an American rhetorician, educator, and scholarly author. Corbett chaired the 1970 Conference on College Composition and Communication, and was chair of the organization and a member of the National Council of Teachers of English Executive Committee in 1971. There, Corbett learned Latin and Greek. He was the CCCC Exemplar Awardee in 1996. His students include Andrea Lunsford, Lisa Ede, Robert Connors, Gail Hawisher, Cheryl Glenn, Krista Radcliffe, and Sheryl Finkle.

Works

"Approaches to the Study of Style." Teaching Composition: Twelve Bibliographical Essays. Ed. Gary Tate. Fort Worth, TX: Texas Christian UP, 1987.83-130. "The Changing Strategies of Argumentation from Ancient to Modem Times." Practical Reasoning in Human Affairs. Ed. J. L. Golden and J. J. Pilotta. Dordrecht, Holland: D. Reidel Publishing, 1986. 21–35. Rpt. in Selected Essays 323–40. "The Classical Paideia in the Ancient Greek and Roman Schools." National Endowment for the Humanities Seminar. Beaver College. Philadelphia, 1985. Rpt. in Selected Essays 279–88. "Classical Rhetoric: The Basic Issues." Univ. of Rhode Island. March 1988. Classical Rhetoric for the Modem Student. NY: Oxford UP, 1965. 2nd ed., 1971. 3rd ed., 1990. "The Cornell School of Rhetoric." Rhetoric Review 4 (Sept. 1985): 4–14. Rpt. in Selected Essays 290–304. "Do It Yourself." College English 22 (April 1961): 507–8. "The Ethical Dimensions of Rhetoric." Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL. 1984. Rpt. in Selected Essays 255–67. "How Did Rhetoric Acquire the Reputation of Being the Art of Flim-Flam?" The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. 16 January 1987. "Hugh Blair: A Study of His Rhetorical Theory." Diss. Loyola, 1956. "Hugh Blair as an Analyzer of English Prose Style." College Composition and Communication 9 (May 1958): 98–103. Rpt. in Selected Essays 4–13. "Hugh Blair’s Three (?) Critical Dissertations." Notes and Queries, NS 1 (November 1954): 478–80. "If I Speak with Forked Tongue___" North Dakota English 1 (Winter 1976): 3–14. "Is Composition Decomposing?" Minnesota English Journal 13 (Fall 1977): 26–47. "John Locke’s Contributions to Rhetoric." College Composition and Communication 32 (Dec. 1981): 423–33. Rpt. in Selected Essays 226–40. "Literature and Composition: Allies or Rivals in the Classroom?" Composition and Literature: Bridging the Gap. Ed. Winifred Bryan Horner. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1983. 168–84. The Little English Handbook: Choices and Conventions. NY: Wiley, 1973. 2nd ed., 1977. 3rd ed., 1980. The Little Rhetoric. NY: Wiley, 1977. The Little Rhetoric and Handbook. 1977. 2nd ed. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, 1982. "A Method of Analyzing Prose Style with a Demonstration Analysis of Swift’s A Modest Proposal." Reflections on High School English: NDÉA Institute Lectures 1965. Ed. Gary Tate. Tulsa, OK: U of Tulsa, 1966. Rpt. in Selected Essays 23–47. "A New Look at Old Rhetoric." Rhetoric: Theories for Application. Papers Presented at the 1965 Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English. Ed. Robert M. Gorrell. Champaign, IL: NCTE, 1967. 16–22. Rpt. in Selected Essays 63–72. "Public Doublespeak: If I Speak with Forked Tongue " English Journal 65 (April 1976): 16–17. "The Relevance of Rhetoric to Composition." Kentucky English Bulletin 17 (Winter 1967–68): 3–12. "Rhetoric and Teachers of English." Quarterly Journal of Speech 51 (Dec. 1965): 375–81. "Rhetoric in Search of a Past, Present, and Future." The Prospect of Rhetoric. Ed. Lloyd F. Bitzer and Edwin Black. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice- Hall, 1971. 167–78. "The Rhetoric of the Open Hand and the Rhetoric of the Closed Fist." College Composition and Communication 20 (Dec. 1969): 288–96. Rpt. in Selected Essays 99–113. "Rhetoric, the Enabling Discipline." Ohio English Bulletin 13 (May 1972): 2- 10. Rpt. in Selected Essays 194–208. "Rhetoric, Whether Goest Thou?" A Symposium in Rhetoric. Ed. J. Dean Bishop, Turner S. Kohler, and William E. Tanner. Denton, TX: Texas Women's U, 1975. 44–57. Rpt. in Rhetoric and Change. Ed. William E. Tanner and J. Dean Bishop. Mesquite, TX: Ide House, 1982. 15–30. Rhetorical Analyses of Literary Works. NY: Oxford UP, 1969. Selected Essays of Edward P. J. Corbett. Ed. Robert J. Connors. Dallas: Southern Methodist UP, 1989. "Some Rhetorical Lessons from John Henry Newman," College Composition and Communication 31 (Dec. 1980): 402–12. "Teaching Style." The Territory of Language: Linguistics, Stylistics, and the Teaching of Composition. Ed. Donald A. McQuade. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois UP, 1986. 23–33. "The Theory and Practice of Imitation in Classical Rhetoric." College Composition and Communication 22 (Oct. 1971): 243–50. Rpt. in Selected Essays 179–91. "The Topoi Revisited." Rhetoric and Praxis: The Contribution of Classical Rhetoric to Practical Reasoning. Ed. Jean Dietz Moss. Washington, D C.: The Catholic U of America P, 1986. 43–57. "The Usefulness of Classical Rhetoric." College Composition and Rhetoric 14 (Oct. 1963): 162–64. Rpt. in Selected Essays 16–21. "Ventures in Style." Reinventing the Rhetorical Tradition. Ed. Aviva Freedman and Ian Pringle. Ottawa: Canadian Council of Teachers of English, 1980. 79–87. "What Is Being Revived?" College Composition and Communication 18 (Oct. 1967): 166–72. Rpt. in Selected Essays 49–60. "Where Are the Snows of Yesteryear? Has Rhetoric Come a Long Way in the Last Twenty-Five Years?" Visions of Rhetoric: History, Theory, and Criticism. Ed. Charles W. Kneupper. Arlington, TX: Rhetoric Society of America, 1987. Rpt. \u Selected Essays 343–57. (With Ruth Anderson). "Rhetoric in the Senior High School." Breakthrough 1 (May 1966): 25–28.