Classical PTW
Major figures from ancient Rome. These lawyers, scribes, engineers, and administrators laid the foundation for professional and technical writing.
Renaissance Communicators
These scholars, rhetoricians, statesmen, and scientists simultaneously created professional and technical writing and the humanities. For more information, consult Elizabeth Tebeaux's The Emergence of a Tradition (Baywood, 1997).
Enterprisers
The first true professional writers, these 18th-century intellectual entrepreneurs reflected the values and addressed the needs of a new market economy.
Cheese and Words
An anatomy of Italian-American composition theory, illustrated by painter and rhetorician Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593). His composite portraits playfully subvert signs and signifiers.