The Resource Rhetoric : a very short introduction, Richard Toye
Rhetoric : a very short introduction, Richard Toye
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- Summary
- Rhetoric was once an essential part of western education. Aristotle wrote an important treatise on it and Demosthenes remains famous to this day for his skills as a rhetorician. But skill with rhetoric today is no longer admired. Rhetoric is often seen as a synonym for shallow, deceptive language-empty words, empty rhetoric--and therefore as something quite negative. But if we view rhetoric in more neutral terms, as the "art of persuasion, " it is clear that we are all forced to engage with it at some level, if only because we are constantly exposed to the rhetoric of others. In this Very Short Introduction, Richard Toye explores the purpose of rhetoric. Rather than presenting a defense of it, he considers it as the foundation-stone of civil society, and an essential part of any democratic process. Using wide-ranging examples from ancient Greece, medieval Islamic preaching, the wartime speeches of Winston Churchill, and modern cinema, Toye considers why we should all have an appreciation of the art of rhetoric
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- 122 pages
- Contents
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- From the Greeks to Gladstone
- The scaffolding of rhetoric
- Approaches to rhetoric
- Rhetoric in the modern world
- Isbn
- 9780199651368
- Label
- Rhetoric : a very short introduction
- Title
- Rhetoric
- Title remainder
- a very short introduction
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard Toye
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Rhetoric was once an essential part of western education. Aristotle wrote an important treatise on it and Demosthenes remains famous to this day for his skills as a rhetorician. But skill with rhetoric today is no longer admired. Rhetoric is often seen as a synonym for shallow, deceptive language-empty words, empty rhetoric--and therefore as something quite negative. But if we view rhetoric in more neutral terms, as the "art of persuasion, " it is clear that we are all forced to engage with it at some level, if only because we are constantly exposed to the rhetoric of others. In this Very Short Introduction, Richard Toye explores the purpose of rhetoric. Rather than presenting a defense of it, he considers it as the foundation-stone of civil society, and an essential part of any democratic process. Using wide-ranging examples from ancient Greece, medieval Islamic preaching, the wartime speeches of Winston Churchill, and modern cinema, Toye considers why we should all have an appreciation of the art of rhetoric
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1973-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Toye, Richard
- Dewey number
- 808
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- P301
- LC item number
- .T67 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Very short introductions
- Series volume
- 346
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Rhetoric
- Rhetoric
- Rhetoric
- Label
- Rhetoric : a very short introduction, Richard Toye
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-116) and index
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- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- From the Greeks to Gladstone -- The scaffolding of rhetoric -- Approaches to rhetoric -- Rhetoric in the modern world
- Control code
- ocn813540513
- Dimensions
- 18 cm.
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- 122 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199651368
- Lccn
- 2012286389
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Rhetoric : a very short introduction, Richard Toye
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-116) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- From the Greeks to Gladstone -- The scaffolding of rhetoric -- Approaches to rhetoric -- Rhetoric in the modern world
- Control code
- ocn813540513
- Dimensions
- 18 cm.
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- 122 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199651368
- Lccn
- 2012286389
- Media category
- unmediated
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