Rhetoric

  • Rhetoric
    Rhetoric
    By Jennifer Richards

    Craig R. Thompson,Toronto: University of TorontoPress. Fish, Stanley (1989)'Rhetoric', inDoing WhatComes ... Gross, Alan(1990) The Rhetoricof Science, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Halpern, Richard (1991)The Poetics of ...

  • Rhetoric: Readings in French Literature
    Rhetoric: Readings in French Literature
    By Michael Hawcroft, University Lecturer in French Oxford University and Fellow and Tutor in French Michael Hawcroft

    ... lines of satirical verse : Je ne vois rien en vous qu'un lâche , un imposteur , Un traître , un scélérat , un perfide , un menteur , Un fou dont les accès vont jusqu'à la furie , Et d'un tronc fort illustre une branche pourrie .

  • Rhetoric
    Rhetoric
    By Jennifer Richards

    P. Miller argues, 'but when literary studies became professionalized in the nineteenth century, scholarship on rhetoric began to be marginalized as the discipline came to concentrate on philological studies and a few literary genres' ...

  • Rhetoric: An Historical Introduction
    Rhetoric: An Historical Introduction
    By Wendy Olmsted

    The text adds, ''similarly, pirates now call themselves purveyors'' (ibid., p. 357). Accusers and defenders of a ''pirate'' can use the elevating term to lighten the offense or the denigrating term to make the offense heavier.

  • Rhetoric: A Very Short Introduction
    Rhetoric: A Very Short Introduction
    By Richard Toye

    ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly.

  • Rhetoric
    Rhetoric
    By Peter Dixon

    Rhetoric

  • Rhetoric: Discovery and Change
    Rhetoric: Discovery and Change
    By Richard Emerson Young, Alton L. Becker, Kenneth Lee Pike

    Once while conducting a lesson in the Thai language for a group of Peace Corps volunteers , one of the authors noticed a rather pretty Thai girl gesturing at him through an open doorway . She was waving at himpalm outward – in a way ...

  • Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasion
    Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasion
    By Andrew Aberdein, Adina Arvatu

    In this learned little volume, Adina Arvatu and Andrew Aberdein demonstrate the principles of Rhetoric via its key figures and devices, using numerous examples to show how almost all human communication deploys the time-tested techniques of ...

  • Rhetoric
    Rhetoric
    By Aristotle, W. Rhys Roberts

    Looks at the use of language in persuasive argument, identifying the practical and aesthetic elements of an effective presentation.

  • Rhetoric
    Rhetoric
    By Aristotle

    The ideals of his forebear and tutor Plato have a presence within Aristotle's works, and Rhetoric is no exception.

  • Rhetoric
    Rhetoric
    By Aristotle

    In his famous essay Rhetoric, Aristotle outlines the three basic elements of the rhetorical arts: logos, pathos, and ethos; or logic, emotion, and ethics (truth).

  • Rhetoric
    Rhetoric
    By Renato Barilli

    Barilli (rhetoric and stylistics, U. of Bologna) presents a concise history of rhetoric, from its origins in ancient Greece to the media technologies of the late 20th century.

  • Rhetoric
    Rhetoric
    By Aristotle

    In this seminal work of Western philosophy, Aristotle focuses on the use of language in persuasive argument.

  • Rhetoric: A User's Guide
    Rhetoric: A User's Guide
    By John D. Ramage

    This book for advanced composition courses focuses on the theories of Kenneth Burke (rhetoric as "equipment for living") in order to help students move beyond a mere accumulation of knowledge...