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Political rhetoric in theory and practice : a reader / edited by Robert C. Bartlett, Boston College, Massachusetts, Nasser Behnegar, Boston College, Massachusetts.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bartlett, Robert C., 1964- editor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communication in politics.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects.
- Rhetoric.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 367 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- Political Rhetoric in Theory and Practice is an introduction to the art of rhetoric or persuasive speaking. A collection of primary sources, it combines classic statements of the theory of political rhetoric (Aristotle, Isocrates, Demosthenes, Cicero) with a rich array of political speeches, from Socrates to Martin Luther King Jr., Pericles to Richard Nixon, Sojourner Truth to Phyllis Schlafly. These speeches exemplify not only the three principal kinds of rhetoric - judicial, deliberative, and epideictic - but also the principal rhetorical proofs. Grouped thematically, the speeches boast a diversity of speakers, subject matters, and themes. At a time when the practice of democracy and democratic deliberation are much in question, this book seeks to encourage the serious study of rhetoric by making available important examples of it, in both its noblest and its most scurrilous forms.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 03 Nov 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781009367400 (ebook)
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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