The Philosophy of Rhetoric (Galaxy Books) - Softcover

Richards, I. A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195007158 ISBN 13: 9780195007152

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1965

Synopsis

Our communication is limitedby misunderstanding. Rhetoric, as Professor Richards defines it, is the study of misunderstanding and its remedies. The conventional rules of the old rhetoric and the formulations of scientific language have narrow application to conversational speech; Professor Richard's definition of rhetoric is based on a practical question: how do words work in discourse? To answer this question, he examines the interaction of words with each other and with their contexts, showing how a continual synthesis of meaning, or "principle of metaphor", gives life to discussion. It is through comprehension of the way meaning changes in discourse that we can better control and animate our use of words, and so decrease misunderstanding.

About this title

About the Author:

Ivor Armstrong Richards (1893-1979) was an influential literary critic and rhetorician.

Review:

"Chosen largely to present the philosophy of language informing [Richards's] approach....Should stimulate thoughtful re-examinations of our own positions on the important issues Richards addresses."--Freshman English News

"Masterful (and manageable)....Has long been needed."-D.G. Myers, Texas AandM University

"A deftly compiled reader."--William Doreski, Keene State College

"Written in a lively style...Coherent and valuable."--John F. Cox, University of Arizona

"This is perhaps one of the best texts for rhetoric courses I've found, and I intend to use it each time I teach graduate/undergraduate rhetorical theory and other language-theory courses."--Professor Lynn Dianne Beene, University of New Mexico

"....an important part of the foundation of contemporary rhetoric. Clear and to the point, Richards illuminates the place rhetoric occupies in human societies."--Dr. William O. Boggs, Slippery Rock University

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1965
• ISBN 10: 0195007158
• ISBN 13: 9780195007152
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144