List of Figures --

Acknowledgements --

1 Issues (starting p. 1) --

2 Invention (starting p. 28) --

3 Copiousness (starting p. 56) --

4 Disputatiousness (starting p. 80) --

5 Suasion (starting p. 131) --

6 A Case Study: Thomas Wilson (starting p. 193) --

7 An End (starting p. 275) --

App. A Wilson's Logic and Rhetoric (starting p. 295) --

App. B To Marry or Not to Marry, That's the Question (starting p. 314) --

Bibliography (starting p. 321) --

Index (starting p. 335)