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May 24, 2009 By Barbara Falconer Newhall Leave a Comment

Cover of Modern Scholar audio CD lecture series by Michael Drout of Wheaton College.

Wheaton College Professor Michael D.C. Drout lectures on rhetoric — and its uses for writers — in a Modern Scholar series on CD. My review at http://barbarafalconernewhall.com/?p=12845

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