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Bezig met laden... You Talkin' To Me?: Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama (2012)door Sam Leith
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. 8/10 ( ) Mostly entertaining for the examples it offers up, plus a catalog of terms at the end. There’s nothing but rhetoric in our speeches—high, low, or in-between—and that can be a good thing, as long as you know what to look for. Some goodies: Julian Barnes, analogy: “And does history repeat itself, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce? No, that’s too grand, too considered a process. History just burps, and we taste again that raw-onion sandwich it swallowed centuries ago.” Isocolon, a balancing of clauses of the same length: “The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.” Lord Mancroft: “A speech is like a love-affair—any fool can start it, but to end it requires considerable skill.” geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Rhetoric is what gives words power. It's nothing to be afraid of. It isn't the exclusive preserve of politicians: it's everywhere, from your argument with the insurance company to your plea to the waitress for a table near the window. It convicts criminals (and then frees them on appeal). It causes governments to rise and fall, best men to be shunned by brides, and people to march with steady purpose towards machine guns.In this highly entertaining (and persuasive) book, Sam Leith examines how people have taught, practised and thought about rhetoric from its Attic origins to its twenty-first century apotheosis. Along the way, he tells the stories of its heroes and villains, from Cicero and Erasmus, to Hitler, Obama - and Gyles Brandreth. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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