Mentoring Rhetoric's Historians

Abstract

This response article focuses on the goals for research stated and implied in the contributors' work, comparing them with the goals of earlier generations of scholars in the history of rhetoric. Through mentoring, scholars pass on both the strengths and limitations of the field, which are then “embodied” by the next generation. One impulse remains constant: to enrich the field by identifying new sites for rhetorical investigation.

Acknowledgments

The author would like to thank Christa Olson for her helpful suggestions on an earlier draft of this response article.