TY - JOUR
T1 - Generic Transformation and Political Action
T2 - A Textual Interpretation of Edmund Burke's Letter to William Elliot, Esq.
AU - Browne, Stephen H.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1990/1/1
Y1 - 1990/1/1
N2 - This essay examines the rhetorical process wherein publics are created for authorial insertion. As such, it is a case-study in the relationship between textual action and contextual contraints. The former principle is represented by the transformations of genre required by the author's intent, and the latter principle by the revolutionary context in which Burke's tract is inserted. The analysis suggests that this relationship is dramatized by the rhetorical form of the public letter.
AB - This essay examines the rhetorical process wherein publics are created for authorial insertion. As such, it is a case-study in the relationship between textual action and contextual contraints. The former principle is represented by the transformations of genre required by the author's intent, and the latter principle by the revolutionary context in which Burke's tract is inserted. The analysis suggests that this relationship is dramatized by the rhetorical form of the public letter.
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U2 - 10.1080/01463379009369741
DO - 10.1080/01463379009369741
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84948504378
SN - 0146-3373
VL - 38
SP - 54
EP - 63
JO - Communication Quarterly
JF - Communication Quarterly
IS - 1
ER -