Words Like Loaded Pistols: Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama

from jtck121166

A timely, concise and elegant treatment of perhaps the most undeservedly neglected area of literary criticism of all: the vital interface of form and content, whereof meaning and, more importantly, effect are born. Read - and have the scales fall from your eyes.

from ChristopherBurkett

Brilliant introduction to rhetoric - funny, informative, and a great read.

from rivkat

Mostly entertaining for the examples it offers up, plus a catalog of terms at the end. There's nothing but rhetoric in our speeches-high, low, or in-between-and that can be a good thing, as long as you know what to look for. Some goodies: Julian Barnes, analogy: "And does history repeat itself, t...

from jtck121166

A timely, concise and elegant treatment of perhaps the most undeservedly neglected area of literary criticism of all: the vital interface of form and content, whereof meaning and, more importantly, effect are born. Read - and have the scales fall from your eyes.

from ChristopherBurkett

Brilliant introduction to rhetoric - funny, informative, and a great read.