The History of Rhetoric and the Rhetoric of History 9781000948332, 9780754659990, 1000948331

The History of Rhetoric and the Rhetoric of History (Variorum Collected Studies) 9780754659990

In the articles collected here Nancy Struever explores the basic assumption that rhetoric is not simply a bag of persuas

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Rhetoric and the Writing of History, 400–1500 9781847798985

Rhetoric and the writing of history provides an analytical overview of the vast range of historiography which was produc

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New Chapters in the History of Rhetoric 9789004175020, 9789047428473

This volume gathers over forty papers by leading scholars in the field of the history of rhetoric. It illustrates the cu

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The Ends of Rhetoric: History, Theory, Practice 9781503621848

The discipline of rhetoric—adapted through a wide range of reformulations to the specific requirements of Greek, Roman,

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Wit and the Writing of History: The Rhetoric of Historiography in Imperial Rome 0299118045, 9780299118044

Wit has many uses in political discourse—to entertain, to underscore or unmask, to hinder or enhance insight. Wit and th

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The Reagan Rhetoric: History and Memory in 1980s America 9781501757877

The Reagan Rhetoric examines the extraordinary connections between President Ronald Reagan's conversations with the

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The Art of Rhetoric 9781101488300

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The Rhetoric of Medicine 9780190457501

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The Rhetoric of Sincerity 9781503627017

In times of intercultural tensions and conflicts, sincerity matters. Traditionally, sincerity concerns a performance of

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Bede's Historiae: Genre, Rhetoric and the Construction of the Anglo-Saxon Church History 1843834650, 9781843834656

The church history of the Anglo-Saxons can only be approached through the lens of a few writers, arguably the greatest o

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