The Rhetoric of Inner Space

About the Book

The Rhetoric of Inner Space: Student Writing Based on Dreams is a remarkable collection of dream descriptions by students in Dr. R. J. R. Rockwood’s Composition classes at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The dream essays are presented in three categories. The first includes straight descriptions of student dreams. The second consists of essays in which students analyze their dreams. The third are stories that students based on their dreams. In addition, there is a section containing student course critiques. An Index to the dream material is included.

About the Author

Dr. Robert John Remington Rockwood has a B.A. in English and German; an M.A. in English and Russian from the University of Miami; a Ph.D. in English and Linguistics from the University of Florida; and he has done advanced study in historical linguistics at the University of North Carolina. For the year 1973-1974 he was a Fellow of the Medieval Institute of Western Michigan University. Dr. Rockwood has served as a full-time faculty member at Florida Southern College, University of Florida, Florida Keys Community College, and Georgia Institute of Technology. From 1978 through 2001 he worked as an industrial technical writer, editor, and web designer at such companies as Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin), Unisys, and NCR. From 2002 through 2013 he taught online courses for the University of Phoenix. The Rhetoric of Inner Space (2019) is Dr. Rockwood’s tenth book published by Xlibris. The others are: • Leopardo da Gotcha (2002) • The Passing of Merlin Zauber (2005) • The Last Ant (2007) • Dillon’s Rocking Bear Invisibility Chair (2013) • I Don’t Talk to Earthlings (2016) • Owen Often Beside Himself (2016) • The Primrose Path (2016) • The Spirit of Alchemy (2017) • The Eternal Life Ministry of Teenage Michael Maier (2018) • The Rhetoric of Inner Space (2019) Dr. Rockwood lives in Roswell, Georgia, a northern suburb of Atlanta. His e-mail address is rockwood@mindspring.com.