Metanoia : rhetoric, authenticity, and the transformation of the self / / Adam Ellwanger ; with a foreword by Pat J. Gehrke
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| Autore: |
Ellwanger Adam <1978->
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| Titolo: |
Metanoia : rhetoric, authenticity, and the transformation of the self / / Adam Ellwanger ; with a foreword by Pat J. Gehrke
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| Pubblicazione: | University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2020] |
| ©2020 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina: | 808.001 |
| Soggetto topico: | Rhetoric |
| Rhetoric - Religious aspects - Christianity | |
| Self | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
GehrkePat J
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| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-197) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction : toward an analytic conception of metanoia -- Taking it back : the history of rhetorical metanoia in the classical tradition and beyond -- Crucifying the old man : Christian metanoic testimony and the changing of the heart -- Finding yourself : metanoia, epistrophe, and the ontology of the modern ethos -- Conclusion : afterthoughts; past, present, and future selves. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "Examines the concept of metanoia as both a rhetorical figure of speech and a critical tool for the analysis of self-reinventions of all kinds, including conversions related to race, sex, religion, and politics"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Metanoia |
| ISBN: | 0-271-08680-7 |
| 0-271-08678-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910480707403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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