Edward P. J. Corbett
Edward Patrick Joseph, P.J., Corbett was an American rhetorician, educator, and scholarly author. Corbett wrote several books, including Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student, The Writing Teacher's Sourcebook, The Elements of Reasoning, Style and Statement, and The Little English Handbook: Choices and Conventions.
Edward P.J. Corbett | |
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| Born | October 29, 1919 |
| Died | June 24, 1998 (aged 78) |
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| Occupation | English professor |
| Parent(s) | John Thomas Corbett Adrienne Marie Anne Beaupre |
Corbett taught and did research in the English departments of Creighton University and Ohio State University.
As a result of his work, the Edward P. J. Corbett Award is named after him. In 1982 Thomas Willard singled out Corbett as an outstanding "contemporary rhetorician."[1]
Corbett died on June 24, 1998 at his home in Columbus, Ohio.[2]
References
- Locke and Language, New York Times Review of Books, October 7, 1982
- Edward P.J. Corbett in memoriam. Rhetoric Review, 1532-7981, Volume 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 126 – 131.
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