Words Like Loaded Pistols: Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama

By Sam Leith

Categories: Literature & Fiction, Politics & Social Sciences

Sam Leith offers a lively introduction to rhetoric, the art of persuasion, from ancient Greece to modern politics. He explains the classical parts of rhetoric, from invention and arrangement to style and delivery, and the main techniques of argument and figures of speech. Throughout, Leith analyzes famous speakers, from Cicero and Lincoln to Hitler and Obama, to show how persuasive language works in everyday life.

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