The Rhetoric of Rhetoric: The Quest for Effective Communication (Blackwell Manifestos) - Couverture rigide

Booth, Wayne C.

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ISBN 10 : 1405112360 ISBN 13 : 9781405112369

Editeur : WileyBlackwell, 2004

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

The Rhetoric of RHETORIC is a manifesto addressed to a broad audience, dramatizing the importance of rhetorical studies and lamenting their widespread neglect. In it, distinguished critic Wayne C. Booth claims that communication in every corner of life can be improved if only we study rhetoric more closely.

After exploring and combating the various pejorative definitions of rhetoric and briefly tracing its history, Booth explores the consequences of bad rhetoric in education, in politics, and in the media. A few cures for bad rhetoric are offered, and a final chapter investigates the possibility of reducing harmful conflict by practicing a rhetoric that depends on deep listening by both sides. The key example used is the warfare between science and religion.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Wayne C. Booth is Distinguished Service Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Chicago. His previous publications include The Rhetoric of Fiction (1961), A Rhetoric of Irony (1974), Critical Understanding (1979), The Company We Keep: An Ethics of Fiction (1988), The Craft of Research (with Williams and Colomb, 1994), and For the Love of It: Amateuring and Its Rivals (1999). Like most of his publications, his teaching has concentrated on diverse ways of improving human communication.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: WileyBlackwell
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1405112360
• ISBN 13: 9781405112369
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224