Words Like Loaded Pistols
HK$170.00
DESCRIPTION :
In Words Like Loaded Pistols, Sam Leith traces the art of persuasion, beginning in ancient Syracuse and taking us on detours as varied and fascinating as Elizabethan England, Milton's Satanic realm, the Springfield of Abraham Lincoln and the Springfield of Homer Simpson. He explains how language has been used by the great heroes of rhetoric (such as Cicero and Martin Luther King Jr.), as well as some villains (like Adolf Hitler and Richard Nixon.) Words Like Loaded Pistols is a primer to rhetoric's key techniques; you'll find out how to build your own memory-palace; you'll be introduced to the Three Musketeers: Ethos, Pathos and Logos; and you'll learn how to use chiasmus with confidence and occultation without thinking about it. Most importantly of all, you will discover that rhetoric is useful, relevant -- and absolutely nothing to be afraid of.
PRODUCT DETAILS :
DIMENSION : 210 mm x 140 mm
WEIGHT : 295 g
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Language & Linguistics
Society & Social Sciences
In Words Like Loaded Pistols, Sam Leith traces the art of persuasion, beginning in ancient Syracuse and taking us on detours as varied and fascinating as Elizabethan England, Milton's Satanic realm, the Springfield of Abraham Lincoln and the Springfield of Homer Simpson. He explains how language has been used by the great heroes of rhetoric (such as Cicero and Martin Luther King Jr.), as well as some villains (like Adolf Hitler and Richard Nixon.) Words Like Loaded Pistols is a primer to rhetoric's key techniques; you'll find out how to build your own memory-palace; you'll be introduced to the Three Musketeers: Ethos, Pathos and Logos; and you'll learn how to use chiasmus with confidence and occultation without thinking about it. Most importantly of all, you will discover that rhetoric is useful, relevant -- and absolutely nothing to be afraid of.
PRODUCT DETAILS :
| ISBN : 9780465096190 | |
| BY (AUTHOR) Leith, Sam | |
| PUBLISHER : INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US | PUBLICATION DATE : April 26, 2016 |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United States | IMPRINT : Basic Books |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : General |
| PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback | |
WEIGHT : 295 g
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Language & Linguistics
Society & Social Sciences