E. Glenn Wagner
Why do so many of God's followers seem to prefer their boxed-in religion over God? Listen to their rhetoric and you might wonder how a Supreme Being could be so narrow and small, so angry and unattractive. It's time to start over with an honest ... [... more]
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Vernacular Voices: The Rhetoric of Publics and Public ...
 Partisan, rhetorical politics, but still a 'common good.': In Vernacular Voices: The Rhetoric of Publics and Public Spheres, Gerald Hauser hopes to rethink the discrepancy between what the political and media elite abstract as the "public sphere& [... more]
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The Rhetoric of Economics
The Donald before the Deirdre: Although the fame of the author has taken a probably undesirable sensationalistic turn as a result of Donald's becoming, in 1996, Deirdre, the ouevre of his real fame, genius, and erudition are on display in this, the first [... more]
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Selling the Free Market: The Rhetoric of Economic ...
The Rhetoric of Attacking "Free Market Rhetoric": I must confess that I checked out this book from a library only to skim it for a few quotes to cite in a paper I was writing. I wound up spending an entire day reading the book cover to cover. [... more]
CDN$29.10
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On Rhetoric: A Theory of Civic Discourse
The most scholarly & readily translation of the "Rhetorica": Aristotle's treatise "On Rhetoric" has been the seminal work in the field since it was written. There is a very real sense in which there is nothing new under the sun [... more]
CDN$33.95
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On Rhetoric: A Theory of Civic Discourse
The most scholarly & readily translation of the "Rhetorica": Aristotle's treatise "On Rhetoric" has been the seminal work in the field since it was written. There is a very real sense in which there is nothing new under the sun [... more]
CDN$31.95
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On Rhetoric: A Theory of Civic Discourse
The most scholarly & readily translation of the "Rhetorica": Aristotle's treatise "On Rhetoric" has been the seminal work in the field since it was written. There is a very real sense in which there is nothing new under the sun [... more]
CDN$61.15
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Penguin Classics Art Of Rhetoric
Very weak translation of a very important book: Both the introduction and the translation by Hugh Lawson-Tancred are very much below the standard one expects from Penguin. Most importantly, the English of the translation is frequently incomprehensible. I [... more]
CDN$17.50
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Rhetoric in Ancient China, Fifth to Third Century ...
Excellent Cross-cultural Comparison: Professor Lu has written a thorough cross-cultural analysis comparing classical Chinese and classical Greek rhetoric. She corrects many of the incorrect assumptions regarding ancient Chinese rhetoric, such as the [... more]
CDN$52.04
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Rhetoric in Popular Culture
Good overview with examples: This book provides a good overview of how to look at popular culture through a critical perspective. It has an interesting history section and also gives a brief explanation of various types of rhetorical criticism. It is an [... more]
CDN$51.95
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The Birth of Rhetoric: Gorgias, Plato and Their Successors
Possible View of Gorgias: There seem to be two interpretations of Gorgias now going through academia. The older one sees Gorgias as the founder of rhetoric, a Nietzcheanized, will-to-power language game in which the orator demonstrates his abilities to [... more]
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Aristotle, XXII, The "Art" of Rhetoric
Very weak translation of a very important book: Both the introduction and the translation by Hugh Lawson-Tancred are very much below the standard one expects from Penguin. Most importantly, the English of the translation is frequently incomprehensible. I [... more]
CDN$25.00
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