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2372604Figuratively Speakinghttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/figuratively-speaking-9781849667562/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2073187/5004ed1e-6e7a-4bb5-b256-601e20d02f67.jpg?v=638383470460400000614682MXNBloomsbury PublishingInStock/Ebooks/<p>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 speech provides a common denominator among western cultures from Cicero to the present. The central idea is that, in the western tradition, figurative speech - using language to do more than name - provides the fundamental way for language to articulate concerns central to each cultural moment. In this study, Sarah Spence identifies the embedded tropes for four periods in Western culture: Roman antiquity, the High Middle Ages, the Age of Montaigne, and our present, post-9/11 moment. In so doing, she reasserts the fundamental importance of rhetoric, the art of speaking well.</p>...2309064Figuratively Speaking614682https://www.gandhi.com.mx/figuratively-speaking-9781849667562/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2073187/5004ed1e-6e7a-4bb5-b256-601e20d02f67.jpg?v=638383470460400000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20139781849667562_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_<p>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 speech provides a common denominator among western cultures from Cicero to the present. The central idea is that, in the western tradition, figurative speech - using language to do more than name - provides the fundamental way for language to articulate concerns central to each cultural moment. In this study, Sarah Spence identifies the embedded tropes for four periods in Western culture: Roman antiquity, the High Middle Ages, the Age of Montaigne, and our present, post-9/11 moment. In so doing, she reasserts the fundamental importance of rhetoric, the art of speaking well.</p>...9781849667562_Bloomsbury Publishinglibro_electonico_392b1147-e32d-32a7-8c28-ed8e2a003f44_9781849667562;9781849667562_9781849667562Professor SarahInglésMéxico2013-11-20T00:00:00+00:00Bloomsbury Publishing