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OverviewAlthough 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sarah SpencePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bristol Classical Press Edition: Annotated edition Dimensions: Width: 15.40cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.30cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9780715635131ISBN 10: 0715635131 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 25 May 2007 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationSarah Spence is Professor of Classics at the University of Georgia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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