Words Like Loaded Pistols: The Power of Rhetoric from the Iron Age to the Information Age - Softcover

Words Like Loaded Pistols : The Power of Rhetoric from the Iron Age to the Information Age

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An engaging exploration of how people have taught, practiced, and thought about rhetoricfrom the Iron Age to today "An entertaining history of great oratory." New Yorker Rhetoric gives our words the power to inspire. But it's not just for politicians: it's all around us, whether you're buttering up a key client or persuading your children to eat their vegetables. You have been using rhetoric yourself, all your life. After all, you know what a rhetorical question is, don't you In Words Like Loaded Pistols, Sam Leith traces the art of argument from ancient Greece through the present day. He introduces verbal villains from Hitler to Donald Trumpand the three musketeers: ethos, pathos, and logos. He explains how rhetoric works in speeches from Cicero to Zelensky and pays tribute to the rhetorical brilliance of AC/DC's "Back in Black." Before you know it, you'll be confident in chiasmus and proud of your panegyricsbecause rhetoric is useful, relevant, and crucial to understanding the world around us. Artikel-Nr. 9781541603738

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