Figuratively Speaking: Rhetoric and Culture from Quintilian to the Twin Towers by Sarah Spence

Figuratively Speaking: Rhetoric and Culture from Quintilian to the Twin Towers

Classical Inter/Faces

Sarah Spence

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Although rhetoric is a term often associated with lies, this book takes a polemical look at rhetoric as a purveyor of truth. Its purpose is to focus on one aspect of rhetoric, figurative speech, and to demonstrate how the treatment of figures of s...

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