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

Leith, Sam

 
9781541603738: Words Like Loaded Pistols: The Power of Rhetoric from the Iron Age to the Information Age
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ISBN 10: 1541603737 ISBN 13: 9781541603738
Editorial: Basic Books, 2023

Sinopsis

“An entertaining history of great oratory” (New Yorker) and a primer to rhetoric’s key techniques
 
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 Trump—and 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 panegyrics—because rhetoric is useful, relevant, and crucial to understanding the world around us.

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Sam Leith is the literary editor of the Spectator whose work has appeared in the Times, the Guardian, the TLS, and the New York Times, among other outlets. He is the author of several books, including Write to the Point: How to Be Clear, Correct, and Persuasive on the Page. He lives in London.

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Editorial
Basic Books
Año de publicación
2023
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1541603737
ISBN 13 
9781541603738
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Número de páginas
338
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9780465096190: Words Like Loaded Pistols: Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama

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ISBN 10:  0465096190 ISBN 13:  9780465096190
Editorial: BASIC BOOKS, 2016
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