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Society's attitudes to rhetoric are often very negative. Here Richard Toye provides an engaging, historically informed introduction to rhetoric, from Ancient Greece to the present day. Wide-ranging in its scope, this 'Very Short Introduction' is the essential starting point for understanding the art of persuasion.Tags
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I had hoped for more information on the actual techniques of rhetoric, instead I got a discussion of the history and purposes.
A serviceable introduction to rhetoric, though I don't really know enough about the topic to be able to judge if all of the important points were indeed mentioned.
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Richard Toye is professor of Modern History at the University of Exeter, UK. He has published widely in the field of 19th- and 20th-century British and international history, including three books on Winston Churchill.
Series
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Rhetoric: A Very Short Introduction
- First words
- Victor Klemperer was a brilliant scholar of language born to a German-Jewish family in 1881 and later baptized as a Christian.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The study of rhetoric will not turn us into magical persuaders who can walk on water—but it may at least help us learn to swim.
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Literature Studies and Criticism, Philosophy
- DDC/MDS
- 808 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism Rhetoric and collections of literary texts from more than two literatures
- LCC
- P301 .T67 — Language and Literature Philology. Linguistics Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar Style. Composition. Rhetoric
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- Reviews
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- (3.60)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 3
