Editing Rhetoric (section)

===Eighteenth century===
Arguably one of the most influential schools of rhetoric during the 18th century was Scottish [[Belles-lettres|Belletristic]] rhetoric, exemplified by such professors of rhetoric as [[Hugh Blair]] whose ''[[Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres]]'' saw international success in various editions and translations, and [[Lord Kames]] with his influential ''Elements of Criticism''.

Another notable figure in 18th century rhetoric was [[Maria Edgeworth]], a novelist and children's author whose work often parodied the male-centric rhetorical strategies of her time. In her 1795 "An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification," Edgeworth presents a satire of Enlightenment rhetoric's science-centrism and the Belletristic Movement.<ref>{{cite book|last=Herrick|first=James A.|year=2013|title=The History and Theory of Rhetoric|edition=fifth|publisher=Pearson|pages=183–84}}</ref> She was called "the great Maria" by [[Walter Scott|Sir Walter Scott]], with whom she corresponded,<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Edgeworth, Maria|year=2012|editor-last1=Birch|editor-first1=D.|editor-last2=Hooper|editor-first2=K.|title=The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature|publisher=Oxford University Press|pages=215–16}}</ref> and by modern scholars is noted as "a transgressive and ironic reader" of the 18th century rhetorical norms.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Donawerth|first=Jane|year=2000|title=Poaching on Men's Philosophies of Rhetoric: Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Rhetorical Theory by Women|journal=Philosophy & Rhetoric|volume=33|number=3|pages=243–258|doi=10.1353/par.2000.0017 |s2cid=170719233 }}</ref>