Figuratively Speaking (e-bog) af Sarah Spence, Spence
Sarah Spence, Spence (forfatter)

Figuratively Speaking e-bog

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Although rhetoric is a term often associated with lies, this book takes a polemical look at rhetoric as a purveyor of truth. Its purpose is to focus on one aspect of rhetoric, figurative speech, and to demonstrate how the treatment of figures of speech provides a common denominator among western cultures from Cicero to the present. The central idea is that, in the western tradition, figurative ...
E-bog 238,03 DKK
Forfattere Sarah Spence, Spence (forfatter)
Udgivet 20 november 2013
Længde 160 sider
Genrer Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781849667562
Although rhetoric is a term often associated with lies, this book takes a polemical look at rhetoric as a purveyor of truth. Its purpose is to focus on one aspect of rhetoric, figurative speech, and to demonstrate how the treatment of figures of speech provides a common denominator among western cultures from Cicero to the present. The central idea is that, in the western tradition, figurative speech - using language to do more than name - provides the fundamental way for language to articulate concerns central to each cultural moment. In this study, Sarah Spence identifies the embedded tropes for four periods in Western culture: Roman antiquity, the High Middle Ages, the Age of Montaigne, and our present, post-9/11 moment. In so doing, she reasserts the fundamental importance of rhetoric, the art of speaking well.