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Booth, Wayne C.

 
9781405112376: The Rhetoric of Rhetoric: The Quest for Effective Communication
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.

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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.

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Éditeur
WB
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1405112379
ISBN 13 
9781405112376
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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