02734nam 2200589 450 991081487540332120230802010836.01-84966-755-1(CKB)2550000001156594(EBL)1507650(SSID)ssj0000686587(PQKBManifestationID)11471933(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000686587(PQKBWorkID)10734732(PQKB)10597670(MiAaPQ)EBC1507650(Au-PeEL)EBL1507650(CaPaEBR)ebr10788109(CaONFJC)MIL603210(OCoLC)862050038(EXLCZ)99255000000115659420131031d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFiguratively speaking rhetoric and culture from Quintilian to the Twin Towers /Sarah SpenceLondon :Bloomsbury Publishing,2012.1 online resource (145 p.)Classical inter/facesDescription based upon print version of record.Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Weapons of Mass Creation: Repetition versus Replication; 2. Looking Back: Figures of Speech and Thought in the Roman World; 3. Dwelling on a Point: Rhetoric and Love in the Middle Ages; 4. The Chiastic Page: The Rhetoric of Montaigne's Essais; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; ZAlthough 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 tropesClassical Inter/FacesLatin languageFigures of speechRhetoricPhilosophyRhetoricHistoryLatin languageFigures of speech.RhetoricPhilosophy.RhetoricHistory.844.3844/.3Spence Sarah1954-173392MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814875403321Figuratively speaking1022335UNINA