Critiques of Contemporary Rhetoric - Softcover

Karlyn Kohrs Campbell; Thomas R. Burkholder

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534096921 ISBN 13: 9780534096922

Publisher: Thomson Custom Publishing, 2003

Synopsis

This book covers criticism of the persuasion that surrounds us in daily life; speeches at political conventions, editorials in newspapers, essays in magazines of opinion, debates in Congress, state legislatures, and political campaigns, and all of the efforts by which protesters and reformers justify their views. The authors focus attention on responding intelligently to this rhetoric. They view rhetorical criticism not as a matter of being critical or of attacking rhetoric but rather, as the process of analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of persuasive uses of language.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thomson Custom Publishing
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534096921
• ISBN 13: 9780534096922
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 335