The Resource Words like loaded pistols : rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama, Sam Leith
Words like loaded pistols : rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama, Sam Leith
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- Summary
- "In Words Like Loaded Pistols, Sam Leith traces the art of persuasion, beginning in ancient Syracuse and taking us on detours as varied and fascinating as Elizabethan England, Milton's Satanic realm, the Springfield of Abraham Lincoln, and the Springfield of Homer Simpson. He explains how language has been used by the great heroes of rhetoric (such as Cicero and Martin Luther King Jr.), as well as some villains (like Adolf Hitler and Richard Nixon). Words Like Loaded Pistols is a primer to rhetoric's key techniques; you'll find out how to build your own memory palace; you'll be introduced to the Three Musketeers: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos; and you'll learn how to use chiasmus with confidence and occultatio without thinking about it. Most importantly of all, you will discover that rhetoric is useful, relevant, and absolutely nothing to be afraid of. In this updated edition, Leith discusses the nature and role of rhetoric in the age of social media."--Page [4] of cover
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Updated edition
- Extent
- xx, 312 pages
- Note
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- Hardcover edition originally published by Basic Books in 2012
- Paperback edition contains new preface
- Isbn
- 9780465096190
- Label
- Words like loaded pistols : rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama
- Title
- Words like loaded pistols
- Title remainder
- rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama
- Statement of responsibility
- Sam Leith
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In Words Like Loaded Pistols, Sam Leith traces the art of persuasion, beginning in ancient Syracuse and taking us on detours as varied and fascinating as Elizabethan England, Milton's Satanic realm, the Springfield of Abraham Lincoln, and the Springfield of Homer Simpson. He explains how language has been used by the great heroes of rhetoric (such as Cicero and Martin Luther King Jr.), as well as some villains (like Adolf Hitler and Richard Nixon). Words Like Loaded Pistols is a primer to rhetoric's key techniques; you'll find out how to build your own memory palace; you'll be introduced to the Three Musketeers: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos; and you'll learn how to use chiasmus with confidence and occultatio without thinking about it. Most importantly of all, you will discover that rhetoric is useful, relevant, and absolutely nothing to be afraid of. In this updated edition, Leith discusses the nature and role of rhetoric in the age of social media."--Page [4] of cover
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Leith, Sam
- Dewey number
- 808.5
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- P301.5.P47
- LC item number
- L45 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Persuasion (Rhetoric)
- English language
- Rhetoric
- Rhetoric
- Label
- Words like loaded pistols : rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama, Sam Leith
- Note
-
- Hardcover edition originally published by Basic Books in 2012
- Paperback edition contains new preface
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-302) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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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
- Control code
- ocn928782396
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- Updated edition
- Extent
- xx, 312 pages
- Isbn
- 9780465096190
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Words like loaded pistols : rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama, Sam Leith
- Note
-
- Hardcover edition originally published by Basic Books in 2012
- Paperback edition contains new preface
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-302) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn928782396
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- Updated edition
- Extent
- xx, 312 pages
- Isbn
- 9780465096190
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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