{"product_id":"figuratively-speaking-rhetoric-and-culture-from-quintilian-to-the-twin-towers-classical-interfaces-0715635131","title":"Figuratively Speaking: Rhetoric and Culture from Quintilian to the Twin Towers (Classical Inter\/Faces)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0715635131\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spence, Sarah\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51959521968416,"sku":"NEW0715635131","price":44.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/figuratively-speaking-rhetoric-and-culture-from-quintilian-to-the-twin-towers-classical-interfaces-0715635131","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}