This handbook brings together top scholars and researchers from across the disciplines who are doing work in rhetorical studies. The Handbook addresses and explores fundamental issues and pivotal questions about the role of rhetoric in history and in today's society. The international list of contributors contains scholars from composition, speech communication, English, philosophy, education, sociology, African-American studies, and so forth.

The Handbook is divided into six sections:

History;

Theory/Concepts;

Pedagogy;

Dimensions of Rhetoric Practice;

Analysis of Criticism;

New Directions.