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  • Rhetoric and Writing Studies in the New Century

    Historiography, Pedagogy, and Politics

    by Adam J. Banks, Davida Charney, Suellynn Duffey, Lisa Ede, Elizabeth A. Flynn, Melissa A. Goldthwaite, Gerard Hauser, Shirely Brice Heath, Susan C. Jarratt, Nan Johnson, Shirley Wilson Logan, Alyssa O'Brien, John Ruszkiewicz, Bo Wang ...
    This collection of essays investigates the historiography of rhetoric, global perspectives on rhetoric, and the teaching of writing and rhetoric, offering diverse viewpoints. Addressing four major areas of research in rhetoric and writing studies, contributors consider authorship and audience, discuss the context and material conditions in which students compose, cover the politics of the field ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • Rhetorical Democracy

    Discursive Practices of Civic Engagement

    Edited by Gerard Hauser, Amy Grim ...
    This collection presents theoretical, critical, applied, and pedagogical questions and cases of publics and public spheres, examining these contexts as sources and sites of civic engagement. Reflecting the current state of rhetorical theory and research, the contributions arise from the 2002 conference proceedings of the Rhetoric Society of America (RSA). The collected essays bring together ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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  • McGraw-Hill's Concise Guide to Writing Research Papers

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  • Ambient Rhetoric

    The Attunements of Rhetorical Being

    by Thomas Rickert ...
    Series Book 163 - Composition, Literacy, and Culture
    In Ambient Rhetoric, Thomas Rickert seeks to dissolve the boundaries of the rhetorical tradition and its basic dichotomy of subject and object. With the advent of new technologies, new media, and the dispersion of human agency through external information sources, rhetoric can no longer remain tied to the autonomy of human will and cognition as the sole determinants in the discursive act.Rickert ... Read more

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  • The Years of Talking Dangerously

    by Geoffrey Nunberg ...
    "There has never been," Nunberg writes, "an age as wary as ours of the tricks words can play, obscuring distinctions and smoothing over the corrugations of the actual world . . . Yet as advertisers and marketers know, our mistrust of words doesn't inoculate us against them." These are the years of talking dangerously, and Nunberg is a sure guide to the pitfalls. With illuminating intelligence and ... Read more

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  • Classical Rhetoric and Its Christian and Secular Tradition from Ancient to Modern Times

    by George A. Kennedy ...
    Since its original publication by UNC Press in 1980, this book has provided thousands of students with a concise introduction and guide to the history of the classical tradition in rhetoric, the ancient but ever vital art of persuasion.Now, George Kennedy offers a thoroughly revised and updated edition of Classical Rhetoric and Its Christian and Secular Tradition. From its development in ancient ... Read more

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  • Informal Logical Fallacies

    A Brief Guide

    by Jacob E. Van Vleet ...
    Critical thinking is now needed more than ever. This accessible and engaging book provides the necessary tools to question and challenge the discourse that surrounds us -- whether in the media, the classroom, or everyday conversation. Additionally, it offers readers a deeper understanding of the foundations of analytical thought.Informal Logical Fallacies: A Brief Guide is a systematic and concise ... Read more

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  • Interfaces of the Word

    Studies in the Evolution of Consciousness and Culture

    by Walter J. Ong ...
    Drawing on a wide range of disciplines—linguistics, phenomenological analysis, cultural anthropology, media studies, and intellectual history—Walter J. Ong offers a reasoned and sophisticated view of human consciousness different in many respects from that of structuralism. The essays in Interfaces of the Word are grouped around the dialectically related themes of change or alienation and growth ... Read more

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  • Reading Sounds

    Closed-Captioned Media and Popular Culture

    by Sean Zdenek ...
    Imagine a common movie scene: a hero confronts a villain. Captioning such a moment would at first glance seem as basic as transcribing the dialogue. But consider the choices involved: How do you convey the sarcasm in a comeback? Do you include a henchman's muttering in the background? Does the villain emit a scream, a grunt, or a howl as he goes down? And how do you note a gunshot without spoiling ... Read more

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  • Letter Writing Guide for Scholars, Lovers & Workers

    Improve Your Skills and Enjoy the Art of Letter Writing

    by Yinka Amuda ...
    This book contains a variety of letters aimed at partners/courting couples or those in the process of developing a relationship with the opposite sex; covering several aspects of correspondence between a romantically involved man and woman.This book also covers formal letter writing for scholars. With this book a reliable system of letter writing is gained by young student of English Language.What ... Read more

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  • Rhetoric and Power

    The Drama of Classical Greece

    by Nathan Crick ...
    Series series Studies in Rhetoric & Communication
    An insightful approach to classical Greek texts and practices as the wellspring for understanding rhetoric's relationship to authorityIn Rhetoric and Power, Nathan Crick dramatizes the history of rhetoric by explaining its origin and development in classical Greece beginning the oral displays of Homeric eloquence in a time of kings, following its ascent to power during the age of Pericles and the ... Read more

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