Rhetoric Retold: Regendering the Tradition from Antiquity Through the Renaissance

I came upon this book on a PHD exam reading list, and after the other thirty seven canonical books I've recently read, this felt useful and completing. What Glenn does is not merely put forth a feminist reconstruction of the long history of rhetoric; she makes compelling and commonsense completions to advance an entire history of rhetoric. In addition, her sensibility about laws and atmospheres of various places and times adds to any reader's understanding of gender relations from a historical perspective. She highlights the subtle differences and shifts in patriarchy over time. An excellent book; well-researched;a pleasure to read.

Glenn accomplishes what no other feminist author has ever attempted--she has written a history for rhetoric that includes women. Before we have seen separatist books about women in rhetoric, but never a book that places Sappho on an equal level with Homer. Glenn is the first to reintegrate women into an area of study where they have thus far been denied.Glenn's history of rhetoric is itself a wonderful piece of rhetoric. I recommend this book highly--and not just because she is one of my professors at Penn State.