Rhetorical Questions: Studies of Public Discourse - Couverture rigide

Black, Edwin

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0226055019 ISBN 13 : 9780226055015

Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 1992

Synopsis

From classical antiquity through the Renaissance, rhetoric was the prime vehicle of education in the West and the discipline that prepared students for civic life. With a comprehensiveness drawn from this tradition, Edwin Black here probes the incongruities between form and substance that open public discourse to significant interpretation.

Locating rhetorical studies at the confluence of literature and politics, Black focuses on the ideological component of seemingly literary texts and the use of literary devices to advance political advocacy. The essays collected here range in subject matter from nineteenth-century oratory to New York Times editorials to the rhetoric of Richard Nixon. Unifying the collection are the concerns of secrecy and disclosure, identity, opposition, the scope of argument in public persuasion, and the historical mutability of rhetorical forms.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Edwin Black, professor of communication arts at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, is among the premier scholars in rhetorical studies. He has twice received the Speech Communication Association Golden Anniversary Award. He is the author of three earlier books, including Rhetorical Criticism: A Study in Method.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Chicago Press
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0226055019
• ISBN 13: 9780226055015
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 220
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