The Rhetoric of Rhetoric: The Quest for Effective Communication - Couverture souple

Booth, Wayne C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1405112379 ISBN 13 : 9781405112376

Editeur : WB, 2004

Synopsis

In this manifesto, distinguished critic Wayne Booth claims that communication in every corner of life can be improved if we study rhetoric closely.

• Written by Wayne Booth, author of the seminal book, The Rhetoric of Fiction (1961).


• Explores the consequences of bad rhetoric in education, in politics, and in the media.


• Investigates the possibility of reducing harmful conflict by practising a rhetoric that depends on deep listening by both sides.

A propos du livre

À propos 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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: WB
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1405112379
• ISBN 13: 9781405112376
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
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• Personne responsable: non disponible