Figuratively Speaking - Rhetoric and Culture from Quintilian to the Twin Towers (Paperback, Annotated edition)

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.

General

Imprint:	Bristol Classical Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2007
First published:	May 2007
Authors:	Sarah Spence
Dimensions:	232 x 153 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	160
Edition:	Annotated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7156-3513-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7156-3513-1
Barcode:	9780715635131

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