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New Rhetoric, The
A Treatise on Argumentation
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 1973
The New Rhetoric is founded on the idea that since “argumentation aims at securing the adherence of those to whom it is addressed, it is, in its entirety, relative to the audience to be influenced,” says Chaïm Perelman and L. Olbrechts-Tyteca, and they rely, in particular, for their theory of...
by Charles Dickens
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
As well as being one of the greatest authors of all time, Charles Dickens was also a prolific orator. This is a collection of some of his most famous speeches, given from 1841 to 1870.
Figures of Speech
60 Ways To Turn A Phrase
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1995
Writing is not like chemical engineering. The figures of speech should not be learned the same way as the periodic table of elements. This is because figures of speech are not about hypothetical structures in things, but about real potentialities within language and within ourselves. The "figurings" of speech reveal the apparently limitless plastic
Hazlitt on English Literature
An Introduction the Appreciation of Literature
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2016
The present selection of Hazlitt's critical essays has been planned to serve two important purposes. In the first place it provides the materials for an estimate of the character and scope of Hazlitt's contributions to criticism and so acquaints students with one of the greatest of English critics. And...
by Pablo Devís Márquez
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Aborda este trabajo el estudio de las denominadas comparativas de desigualdad cuya coda se encuentra introducida por la preposición «de» en español actual. La vinculación que muchos han establecido entre estas construcciones y la llamada pseudocomparación exige posicionarse con respecto a este...
A Short History of Writing Instruction
From Ancient Greece to Contemporary America
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Short enough to be synoptic, yet long enough to be usefully detailed, A Short History of Writing Instruction is the ideal text for undergraduate courses and graduate seminars in rhetoric and composition. It preserves the legacy of writing instruction from antiquity to contemporary times with a unique...
Rhetoric and Writing Studies in the New Century
Historiography, Pedagogy, and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2017
This collection of essays investigates the historiography of rhetoric, global perspectives on rhetoric, and the teaching of writing and rhetoric, offering diverse viewpoints. Addressing four major areas of research in rhetoric and writing studies, contributors consider authorship and audience, discuss...
Traditions of Eloquence
The Jesuits and Modern Rhetorical Studies
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016
This groundbreaking collection explores the important ways Jesuits have employed rhetoric, the ancient art of persuasion and the current art of communications, from the sixteenth century to the present. Much of the history of how Jesuit traditions contributed to the development of rhetorical theory...
Deep Rhetoric
Philosophy, Reason, Violence, Justice, Wisdom
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
“Rhetoric is the counterpart of logic,” claimed Aristotle. “Rhetoric is the first part of logic rightly understood,” Martin Heidegger concurred. “Rhetoric is the universal form of human communication,” opined Hans-Georg Gadamer. But in Deep Rhetoric, James Crosswhite offers a groundbreaking...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
This important volume explores alternative ways in which those involved in the field of speech communication have attempted to find a philosophical grounding for rhetoric. Recognizing that rhetoric can be supported in a wide variety of ways, this text examines eight different philosophies of rhetoric:...
by Henry Russell
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
On 10 May 1994 Nelson Mandela became South Africas first black president uttering the words let freedom reign as part of his famous inaugural address. More than 100000 people turned up to hear him speak. Mandelas great skill as an orator has enabled him to use the power of words as an important weapon...
A Psychohistory of Metaphors
Envisioning Time, Space, and Self through the Centuries
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
How have figures of speech configured new concepts of time, space, and mind throughout history? Brian J. McVeigh answers this question in A Psychohistory of Metaphors: Envisioning Time, Space, and Self through the Centuries by exploring “meta-framing:” our ever-increasing capability to “step...
Women's Irony
Rewriting Feminist Rhetorical Histories
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
In Women’s Irony: Rewriting Feminist Rhetorical Histories,* *author Tarez Samra Graban synthesizes three decades of feminist scholarship in rhetoric, linguistics, and philosophy to present irony as a critical paradigm for feminist rhetorical historiography that is not linked to humor, lying,...
Power in Words
The Stories behind Barack Obama's Speeches, from the State House to the White House
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Whatever his ratings, Obama remains personally popular, widely acknowledged for his soaring oratory. His words were one of the lasting legacies of his presidential campaign and are proving to be among his most effective governing weapons.
In Power in Words, distinguished historian and civil rights...