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  • A textual Study of Jacques de Dinant's, Summa Dictaminis

    by Emil J. Polak ...
    Series series Cahiers d'Humanisme et Renaissance
    Conçue pour accompagner sa grande sœur des « Travaux d’Humanisme et Renaissance », la collection des « Cahiers d’Humanisme et Renaissance » rassemble une grande variété d’études, historiques, philologiques, bibliographiques ou littéraires, et d’éditions de sources (de théologiens réformés, de diplomates, d’historiens humanistes), dont le point commun est d’éclairer un aspect de la vie culturelle ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Walt Whitman's Language Experiment

    Combining intellectual history with literary analysis, this study of Whitman's language experiment from 1855 to 1892 offers a refreshing new look at his theory of language especially the English language in America—as an expression of a "national spirit" and relates that theory to the language and style of Whitman's major poems and essays. Whitman viewed American English as the most expressive, ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • New Rhetoric, The

    A Treatise on Argumentation

    The New Rhetoric is founded on the idea that since “argumentation aims at securing the adherence of those to whom it is addressed, it is, in its entirety, relative to the audience to be influenced,” says Chaïm Perelman and L. Olbrechts-Tyteca, and they rely, in particular, for their theory of argumentation on the twin concepts of universal and particular audiences: while every argument is directed ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Sacred Estrangement

    The Rhetoric of Conversion in Modern American Autobiography

    Sacred Estrangement analyzes certain works by important American writers and thinkers in the context of the "rhetoric of conversion." Such analysis is especially valuable because it provides a reliable index of the relationship between the self and larger communities. Traditionally, "conversion" has served a socializing function, signifying that one has come into alignment with certain linguistic, ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Spreading the Word

    Poetry and the Survival of Community in America

    by Ross Talarico ...
    In 1985 poet Ross Talarico began a grassroots program in creative expression in Rochester, New York. As the program came together, so did the community—young and old, poor and privileged, even those who could not read or write but wanted to tell their stories. This book is a testimony to the poetry that experience produced. An exhilarating account of a successful experiment in promoting community ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Truman and the Hiroshima Cult

    Series series Rhetoric & Public Affairs
    The United States dropped atomic bombs on Japan in 1945 to end World War II as quickly and with as few casualties as possible. That is the compelling and elegantly simple argument Newman puts forward in his new study of World War II's end, Truman and the Hiroshima Cult. According to Newman: (1) The U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey conclusions that Japan was ready to surrender without "the Bomb" are ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Better Sentence Writing in 30 Minutes a Day

    Series series Better English
    Discover how to improve your sentence-writing skills in just thirty minutes a day with this easy-to-use, informative guide.Do your sentences run longer than a page? Or do they hang in the air, waiting for a subject, an object or some punctuation to finish them off?This easy-to-use guide to sentence writing not only teaches you how to overcome run-ons and sentence fragments, but also all of the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Figures of Speech

    60 Ways To Turn A Phrase

    by Arthur Quinn ...
    Writing is not like chemical engineering. The figures of speech should not be learned the same way as the periodic table of elements. This is because figures of speech are not about hypothetical structures in things, but about real potentialities within language and within ourselves. The "figurings" of speech reveal the apparently limitless plastic ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Ethics of Rhetoric

    Weaver's Ethics of Rhetoric, originally published in 1953, has been called his most important statement on the ethical and cultural role of rhetoric. A strong advocate of cultural conservatism, Weaver (1910-1953) argued strongly for the role of liberal studies in the face of what he saw as the encroachments of modern scientific and technological forces in society. He was particularly opposed to ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

  • Post-Realism

    The Rhetorical Turn in International Relations

    Series series Rhetoric & Public Affairs
    The end of the Cold War encourages new perspectives on international relations. Beer and Hariman provide a comprehensive set of essays that challenge and reinterpret the tradition of realism which has dominated the thinking of academics and foreign policy makers. Post-Realism: The Rhetorical Turn in International Relations systematically discusses the major realist writers of the Post-War era, the ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Convaincre

    Dialogue sur l’éloquence

    "Maître, vous avez la parole, Maître, c'est le temps de l'exode et je viens de vous entendre dire quinze mots, vingt mots totalement inaudibles, incohérents, sans intérêt, sans importance et qui déjà ont commencé de m'ennuyer." "Maître, vous êtes passé à la narration, c'est-à-dire à l'exposé des faits, et je ne comprends pas un mot de votre exposé des faits. L'exposé des faits s'apprend, la ... Read more

    $14.49 USD

  • In Touch With God

    Pastor and bestselling author Charles Stanley brings you closer to the Lord in this unique book filled with inspirational Scriptures as well as thoughts and prayers from the author. "In Touch With God" will help you know God's heart on a variety of topics, including forgiveness, His guidance, relationships, Spirit-filled living, Christian character, adversity, and God's plan for your life. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Cold War Rhetoric

    Strategy, Metaphor, and Ideology

    Series series Rhetoric & Public Affairs
    Cold War Rhetoric is the first book in over twenty years to bring a sustained rhetorical critique to bear on central texts of the Cold War. The rhetorical texts that are the subject of this book include speeches by Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy, the Murrow- McCarthy confrontation on CBS, the speeches and writings of peace advocates, and the recurring theme of unAmericanism as it has been ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Reality By Design

    The Rhetoric and Technology of Authenticity in Education

    Series series Rhetoric, Knowledge, and Society Series
    In the first paragraphs of this volume, the author identifies an "authenticity paradox": that the purported real-worldedness of a learning environment, technique, or task is so rhetorically potent that educators frequently call attention to it in pedagogical conversations to legitimize their undertakings, while at the same time, terms such as "real-world" and "authentic" do not require (and even ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Intentions

    Negotiated, Contested, and Ignored

    by Arabella Lyon ...
    Series series Literature and Philosophy
    The relationship between an author's and an audience's intentions is complex but need not preclude mutual engagement. This philosophical investigation challenges existing literary and rhetorical perspectives on intention and offers a new framework for understanding the negotiation of meaning. It describes how an audience's intentions affect their interpretations, shows how audiences negotiate ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Scientific Discourse in Sociohistorical Context

    The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1675-1975

    Series series Rhetoric, Knowledge, and Society Series
    Scientific Discourse in Sociohistorical Context represents the intersection of knowledge and method, examined from the perspective of three distinct disciplines: linguistics, rhetoric-composition, and history. Herein, Dwight Atkinson describes the written language and rhetoric of the Royal Society of London, based on his analysis of its affiliated journal, The Philosophical Transactions, starting ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Progressive Politics and the Training of America's Persuaders

    At the beginning of the 20th century, Progressive reformers set up curricula in journalism, public relations, and creative writing to fulfill their own purposes: well-trained rhetors could convince the United States citizenry to accept Progressive thinking on monopolies and unions and to elect reform candidates. Although Progressive politicians and educators envisioned these courses and majors as ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Teaching Academic Literacy

    The Uses of Teacher-research in Developing A Writing Program

    Teaching Academic Literacy provides a unique outlook on a first-year writing program's evolution by bringing together a group of related essays that analyze, from various angles, how theoretical concepts about writing actually operate in real students' writing. Based on the beginning writing program developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a course that asks students to consider what it ... Read more

    $49.99 USD $32.99 USD

  • Rhetoric, the Polis, and the Global Village

    Selected Papers From the 1998 Thirtieth Anniversary Rhetoric Society of America Conference

    Rhetoric, the Polis, and the Global Village represents current thought on the role of rhetoric in various disciplines, and includes such diverse topics as race, technology, and religion, demonstrating the expanding relevance of rhetoric in today's world. The essays included in this volume address the question of the polis in ancient and modern times, gradually converging with the more recent 30 ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Learning to Rival

    A Literate Practice for Intercultural Inquiry

    Series series Rhetoric, Knowledge, and Society Series
    Learning to Rival tells the inside story of college and high school writers learning to "rival"--to actively seek rival hypotheses and negotiate alternative perspectives on charged questions. It shows how this interdisciplinary literate practice alters with the context of use and how, in learning to rival in school and out, students must often negotiate conflicts not apparent to instructors.This ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Authoring A Discipline

    Scholarly Journals and the Post-world War Ii Emergence of Rhetoric and Composition

    Authoring a Discipline traces the post-World War II emergence of rhetoric and composition as a discipline within departments of English in institutions of higher education in the United States. Goggin brings to light both the evolution of this discipline and many of the key individuals involved in its development. Drawing on archival and oral evidence, this history offers a comprehensive and ... Read more

    $62.99 USD $42.99 USD

  • Interacting With Audiences

    Social Influences on the Production of Scientific Writing

    Series series Rhetoric, Knowledge, and Society Series
    This distinctive monograph examines the dynamic rhetorical processes by which scientists shape, negotiate, and position their work within an interdisciplinary community. Author Ann M. Blakeslee studies the everyday rhetorical practices of a group of condensed matter theoretical physicists, and presents here the first substantial qualitative study of the planning and implementation of discursive ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Contrastive Rhetoric Revisited and Redefined

    Edited by Clayann Gilliam Panetta ...
    The theory of contrastive rhetoric was first put forth by Robert Kaplan in the mid 1960s to explain the differences in writing and discourse between students who were native speakers of English and their international counterparts. Over the past three decades, contrastive rhetoric theory has been used primarily by linguists in language centers and involved in ESL teaching. As the number of ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Quotations for All Occasions

    On the most important occasions of our lives, we often find ourselves at a loss for words; when we want to console, celebrate, explain, inspire, or thank, we end up repeating such uninspiring, uninformative phrases as "Words cannot express how I feel." To help us find the right words, Catherine Frank has compiled this handy compendium of quotations that capture the mundane and the magnificent, the ... Read more

    $28.99 USD