Adam Smith
Subtitle: the rhetoric of propriety
By: Stephen J. McKenna.
Series: SUNY series, rhetoric in the modern era
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Smith, Adam, 1723-1790.; Smith, Adam, 1723-1790 -- Knowledge -- Language and languages.; Smith, Adam, 1723-1790 -- Ethics.; English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- Scotland.; English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- History -- 18th century.; English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- Moral and ethical aspects.; English language -- 18th century -- Rhetoric.; Rhetoric -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Scots language -- Rhetoric.
Genres: Rhetoric.
Description: "In this volume, Stephen J. McKenna provides the first book-length treatment of Adam Smith's rhetorical theory, focusing on his theory of rhetorical propriety - the means by which effective communication is adapted to the variables of subject, audience, speaker or writer, purpose, and moment - and the centrality of this concept to his thought."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Smith and the problem of propriety; title: Smith and propriety in the classical tradition; title: Rhetorical propriety in eighteenth century theories of discourse; title: Propriety in Smith's rhetoric lectures; title: Propriety in the theory of moral sentiments; title: Conclusions, provocations.