This book looks at William McKinley and William J. Bryan's public speeches in the 1896 presidential campaign. McKinley spoke from his front porch in Ohio; audiences came to hear him. Bryan spoke on whirlwind railroad tours around the country. The quality of their speaking was far better than that of any presidential candidate in, say, 2020. Now available in paperback.
Harpine, William D. Study Guide for Joseph DeVito’s Interpersonal Communication Book, 9th ed. New York: Longman, 2000.
Book Chapters
Harpine, William D. “Is Oral Reading Important in Correcting Reading Failure?” Ed. Elaine Clanton Harpine. After-School Programming and Intrinsic Motivation (pp. 21-28) New York: Springer International Publishing, 2019. Available for purchase or chapter download.
Teaching children to read aloud with variety, projection, and expression helps them to learn to read more meaningfully.
Harpine, William D. “Social Media in the 2016 Presidential and Vice-Presidential Debates.” Ed. Edward A. Hinck. Televised Presidential Debates in a Changing Media Environment (vol. 2, pp. 59-81), Santa Barbara CA: Praeger, 2019
Harpine, William D. “Social Media in the 2016 Presidential and Vice-Presidential Debates.” Ed. Edward A. Hinck. Televised Presidential Debates in a Changing Media Environment (vol. 2, pp. 59-81), Santa Barbara CA: Praeger, 2019
This chapter talks about Twitter, readers' comments, and Facebook posts about the 2016 debates.
Harpine, William D. “It Was Not About the Issues: Ethos in the 2004 Presidential Debates.” Ed. Edward A. Hinck. Televised Presidential Debates in a Changing Media Environment: The Candidates Make Their Case (vol. 1, pp. 219-240). Santa Barbara CA: Praeger, 2019.
Harpine, William D. “It Was Not About the Issues: Ethos in the 2004 Presidential Debates.” Ed. Edward A. Hinck. Televised Presidential Debates in a Changing Media Environment: The Candidates Make Their Case (vol. 1, pp. 219-240). Santa Barbara CA: Praeger, 2019.
Bush tried to tell people he was “resolute;” Kerry wanted voters to think he was “smart.” Neither candidate showed much grasp of issues. Instead, they focused on themselves.
Harpine, William D. “William McKinley and the Emergence of the Modern Rhetorical Presidency.” Ed. Martin J. Medhurst. Before the Rhetorical Presidency. 307-328. College Station, TX: Texas A and M University Press, 2008. Traces the four stages of McKinley's presidential speaking.
Articles
Clanton Harpine, Elaine, Thomas Reid, William D. Harpine, Adam Pazda, Shana Ingram, and Collytte Cederstrom. “How Groups Can Make a Difference for Hispanic Immigrant Children.” Group Psychologist (October 30, 2017).
Group work is effective.
Harpine, William D. “Spurious Quotations and the Gun Control Debate: The Manufacturing of an Argument from Tradition.” Argumentation and Advocacy 52 (2016): 151-164.
Conservatives use fake Founding Fathers quotations to support an anti-government message.
Harpine, William D. “African American Rhetoric of Greeting During McKinley’s 1896 Front Porch Campaign.” Howard Journal of Communication 21 (2010): 40-55.
McKinley's Front Porch campaign gave African-American speakers a national audience. Also see my book (top of this page).
Harpine, William D. “Universalism in Policy Debate: Utilitarianism, Stock Issues, and the Rhetorical Audience.” Speaker and Gavel 46 (2009): 15-24.
Ethics in debating.
Harpine, William D. “Analyzing How Rhetoric is Epistemic: A Reply to Fuller.” Philosophy and Rhetoric 38 (2005): 82-88.
Harpine, William D. “Genung’s Theory of Persuasion: A Literary Theory of Oratory of Late Nineteenth-Century America.” Advances in the History of Rhetoric 7 (2004): 31-43.
An old theory of persuasion.
Harpine, William D. “What Do You Mean, Rhetoric Is Epistemic?” Philosophy and Rhetoric 37 (2004): 335-352.
This essay looks at the different (and sometimes confusing) definitions that researchers have for epistemic rhetoric. Reprinted in Contemporary Rhetorical Theory: A Reader (2nd. ed.), ed. by Mark J. Porrovecchio and Celeste Michelle Condit (New York: Guilford, 2016): 144-163.
Harpine, William D. “Spurious Quotations and the Gun Control Debate: The Manufacturing of an Argument from Tradition.” Argumentation and Advocacy 52 (2016): 151-164.
Conservatives use fake Founding Fathers quotations to support an anti-government message.
Harpine, William D. “African American Rhetoric of Greeting During McKinley’s 1896 Front Porch Campaign.” Howard Journal of Communication 21 (2010): 40-55.
McKinley's Front Porch campaign gave African-American speakers a national audience. Also see my book (top of this page).
Harpine, William D. “Universalism in Policy Debate: Utilitarianism, Stock Issues, and the Rhetorical Audience.” Speaker and Gavel 46 (2009): 15-24.
Ethics in debating.
Harpine, William D. “Analyzing How Rhetoric is Epistemic: A Reply to Fuller.” Philosophy and Rhetoric 38 (2005): 82-88.
Harpine, William D. “Genung’s Theory of Persuasion: A Literary Theory of Oratory of Late Nineteenth-Century America.” Advances in the History of Rhetoric 7 (2004): 31-43.
An old theory of persuasion.
Harpine, William D. “What Do You Mean, Rhetoric Is Epistemic?” Philosophy and Rhetoric 37 (2004): 335-352.
This essay looks at the different (and sometimes confusing) definitions that researchers have for epistemic rhetoric. Reprinted in Contemporary Rhetorical Theory: A Reader (2nd. ed.), ed. by Mark J. Porrovecchio and Celeste Michelle Condit (New York: Guilford, 2016): 144-163.
Harpine, William D. “Is Modernism Really Modern? Uncovering a Fallacy in Postmodernism.” Argumentation 18 (2004): 349-358.
Postmodern philosophy has always irritated me, and this article shows what's wrong with it.
Harpine, William D. “‘We Want Yer, McKinley’: Epideictic Rhetoric in Songs from the 1896 Presidential Campaign.” Rhetoric Society Quarterly 34.1 (2004): 73-88.
People sang for their favorite candidate. Wasn't that special?
Harpine, William D. “Bryan’s ‘A Cross of Gold’: The Rhetoric of Polarization at the 1896 Democratic Convention.” Quarterly Journal of Speech 87 (2001): 291-304.
The most famous political speech ever. Much of this material is also covered in my book From the Front Porch to the Front Page; see above. P.S.: Karl Rove quoted this article in one of his books. Is that good or bad?
Harpine, William D. “Playing to the Press in McKinley’s Front Porch Campaign: The Early Weeks of a Nineteenth-Century Pseudo-Event.” Rhetoric Society Quarterly 30.3 (2000): 73-90.
More about the Front Porch campaign; much of this material is included in my book; see above.
Harpine, William D. “Epideictic and Ethos in the Amarna Letters: The Withholding of Argument.” Rhetoric Society Quarterly 28.1 (1998): 81-98.
Persuasion in the ancient Middle East.
Harpine, William D. “Stock Issues and Theories of Ethics.” Southern Journal of Forensics 1 (1996): 166-182.
Another article about debating ethics.
Harpine, William D. “The Appeal to Tradition: Cultural Evolution and Logical Soundness.” Informal Logic 15 (1993): 109-119.
Tradition is more valuable than people think.
Harpine, William D. “The Argument of Extreme Variation Does Not Prove Field Dependence.” Ohio Speech Journal 27 (1989): 48-55.
Extreme relativism has always bothered me. Am I a closet conservative?
Harpine, William D. “Can Rhetoric and Dialectic Serve the Purposes of Logic?” Philosophy and Rhetoric 18 (1985): 96-112.
Postmodern philosophy has always irritated me, and this article shows what's wrong with it.
Harpine, William D. “‘We Want Yer, McKinley’: Epideictic Rhetoric in Songs from the 1896 Presidential Campaign.” Rhetoric Society Quarterly 34.1 (2004): 73-88.
People sang for their favorite candidate. Wasn't that special?
Harpine, William D. “Bryan’s ‘A Cross of Gold’: The Rhetoric of Polarization at the 1896 Democratic Convention.” Quarterly Journal of Speech 87 (2001): 291-304.
The most famous political speech ever. Much of this material is also covered in my book From the Front Porch to the Front Page; see above. P.S.: Karl Rove quoted this article in one of his books. Is that good or bad?
Harpine, William D. “Playing to the Press in McKinley’s Front Porch Campaign: The Early Weeks of a Nineteenth-Century Pseudo-Event.” Rhetoric Society Quarterly 30.3 (2000): 73-90.
More about the Front Porch campaign; much of this material is included in my book; see above.
Harpine, William D. “Epideictic and Ethos in the Amarna Letters: The Withholding of Argument.” Rhetoric Society Quarterly 28.1 (1998): 81-98.
Persuasion in the ancient Middle East.
Harpine, William D. “Stock Issues and Theories of Ethics.” Southern Journal of Forensics 1 (1996): 166-182.
Another article about debating ethics.
Harpine, William D. “The Appeal to Tradition: Cultural Evolution and Logical Soundness.” Informal Logic 15 (1993): 109-119.
Tradition is more valuable than people think.
Harpine, William D. “The Argument of Extreme Variation Does Not Prove Field Dependence.” Ohio Speech Journal 27 (1989): 48-55.
Extreme relativism has always bothered me. Am I a closet conservative?
Harpine, William D. “Can Rhetoric and Dialectic Serve the Purposes of Logic?” Philosophy and Rhetoric 18 (1985): 96-112.
My answer is "no, they can't."
Harpine, William D. “The Theoretical Bases of Stock Issues.” The Forensic of Pi Kappa Delta 70 (1984): 6-14.
Harpine, William D. “The Theoretical Bases of Stock Issues.” The Forensic of Pi Kappa Delta 70 (1984): 6-14.
Looks at a set of debating principles.
Harpine, William D. “Stock Issues in Aristotle’s Rhetoric.” Journal of the American Forensic Association 14 (1977): 73-81.
Harpine, William D. “Stock Issues in Aristotle’s Rhetoric.” Journal of the American Forensic Association 14 (1977): 73-81.
Inspired by M. Jack Parker's work, this article looks at the old ways of debating.
Book Reviews
Harpine, William D. Review of From Garfield to Harding: The Success of Midwestern Front Porch Campaigns, by Jeffrey Normand Bourdon. Presidential Studies Quarterly 50 (2020): 728-729. DOI: 10.1111/psq.12671
Harpine, William D. Review of The Evolutionary Rhetorical Presidency: Tracing the Changes in Presidential Address and Power, by Ryan Lee Teten. Presidential Studies Quarterly 42 (2012): 227-229.
Harpine, William D. Review of Minority Victory: Gilded Age Politics and the Front Porch Campaign of 1888, by Charles W. Calhoun. Indiana Magazine of History 107 (2011): 73-74.
Harpine, William D. Review of In the Name of Terrorism: Presidents on Political Violence in the Post-World War II Era, by Carol K. Winkler. Southern Communication Journal 72 (2007): 303-304.
Harpine, William D. “The Rhetoric of Globalization: The Iraq War and Multinationalism.” Review of Globalization and Empire: The U.S. Invasion of Iraq, Free Markets, and the Twilight of Democracy, by Stephen John Hartnett and Laura Ann Stenghrim. Review of Communication 7 (2007): 213-215. https://doi.org/10.1080/15358590701371763
Harpine, William D. Review of Judging Lincoln, by Frank J. Williams. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 6 (2003): 790-792.
Harpine, William D. “The Neo-Aristotelian Framework in Postmodern Times: Communication Criticism in the Media Age.” Review of Communication Criticism: Developing Your Critical Powers, by Jodi R. Cohen. Review of Communication 3 (2003): 305-307. https://doi.org/10.1080/0308402
Harpine, William D. Review of We Want Our Freedom: Rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement, by W. Stuart Towns. Southern Communication Journal 68 (2003): 358.
Harpine, William D. “From Slavery to Enlightenment: Southern Rhetoric Revisited.” Review of Oratory and Rhetoric in the Nineteenth-Century South: A Rhetoric of Defense, by W. Stuart Towns, and Public Address in the Twentieth-Century South: The Evolution of a Region, by W. Stuart Towns. Review of Communication 1 (2001): 159-164.
Harpine, William D. Review of Minority Victory: Gilded Age Politics and the Front Porch Campaign of 1888, by Charles W. Calhoun. Indiana Magazine of History 107 (2011): 73-74.
Harpine, William D. Review of In the Name of Terrorism: Presidents on Political Violence in the Post-World War II Era, by Carol K. Winkler. Southern Communication Journal 72 (2007): 303-304.
Harpine, William D. “The Rhetoric of Globalization: The Iraq War and Multinationalism.” Review of Globalization and Empire: The U.S. Invasion of Iraq, Free Markets, and the Twilight of Democracy, by Stephen John Hartnett and Laura Ann Stenghrim. Review of Communication 7 (2007): 213-215. https://doi.org/10.1080/15358590701371763
Harpine, William D. Review of Judging Lincoln, by Frank J. Williams. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 6 (2003): 790-792.
Harpine, William D. “The Neo-Aristotelian Framework in Postmodern Times: Communication Criticism in the Media Age.” Review of Communication Criticism: Developing Your Critical Powers, by Jodi R. Cohen. Review of Communication 3 (2003): 305-307. https://doi.org/10.1080/0308402
Harpine, William D. Review of We Want Our Freedom: Rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement, by W. Stuart Towns. Southern Communication Journal 68 (2003): 358.
Harpine, William D. “From Slavery to Enlightenment: Southern Rhetoric Revisited.” Review of Oratory and Rhetoric in the Nineteenth-Century South: A Rhetoric of Defense, by W. Stuart Towns, and Public Address in the Twentieth-Century South: The Evolution of a Region, by W. Stuart Towns. Review of Communication 1 (2001): 159-164.
Many of the article and book review links take you to a full text or preprint of the entire article, so you can read it on line. If all you get is preview, you have two choices: 1. Pay a fee to the publisher or 2. Ask your local library to find the article for you (often free).
During my academic career, I've made 53 presentations at conventions and conferences. Several of them were later published (see above) and some were, no doubt, forgettable. However, as time allows, I'm linking a few of my otherwise unpublished papers here for interested readers.
Harpine, William D. “'With No Blot or Stain': Epideictic-Policy Rhetoric in McKinley's 1898-1899 Speaking Tours.” An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 2003 National Communication Association Convention.
Harpine, William D. “Reason and Rationale: George W. Ball on the Vietnam War.” An earlier version was presented at the 1990 National Communication Association Convention.
Conference Presentations
During my academic career, I've made 53 presentations at conventions and conferences. Several of them were later published (see above) and some were, no doubt, forgettable. However, as time allows, I'm linking a few of my otherwise unpublished papers here for interested readers.
Harpine, William D. “'With No Blot or Stain': Epideictic-Policy Rhetoric in McKinley's 1898-1899 Speaking Tours.” An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 2003 National Communication Association Convention.
See above for more of my writing about William McKinley.
Harpine, William D. “A Cog in the Machine? Mike Howlett's Image in the 1976 Campaign for Governor of Illinois.” An earlier version was presented at the 2000 Eastern Communication Association Convention.
This paper looks at a state-wide election campaign. State officials impact our lives, but their campaigns are rarely studied. This essay started as a graduate-school term paper. Various editors and reviewers said that it wasn't important because it only looked at the state level, not the national level, of politics. In hindsight, I'd say the theory behind it wasn't sophisticated enough for an academic journal. Still, this paper is among my personal favorites.
Harpine, William D. “Reason and Rationale: George W. Ball on the Vietnam War.” An earlier version was presented at the 1990 National Communication Association Convention.
This paper, which is my favorite among my unpublished papers, examines the relationship between logic and sincerity. That was a major research issue for rhetorical theorists in the 1970's and 1980's. Reviewers repeatedly but inconsistently complained that my conclusion was wrong and that my conclusion was also too obviously true to be worth publishing. Some quirk of my writing style has often caused editors to say things like that about my work. I've given up trying to understand why.
Dissertation
Harpine, William D. “Foundations of the Theory of Argumentation.” Ph.D. Diss. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1982. Directed by Joseph W. Wenzel.
Many large research libraries have full-text dissertations on ProQuest.
Images of Thomas Jefferson and William McKinley, Library of Congress; image of George W. Ball, Dept. of State
Updated October 1, 2023, by William D. Harpine
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