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Introduction to Robert Browning
This book is a critical introduction written by Hiram Corson, professor of rhetoric and English literature at Cornell University, to guide readers thr…
Gorgias
Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press · 2011
Gorgias is a pivotal dialogue from Plato's early-to-middle period, standing alongside Phaedrus and portions of the Republic as one of his principal wo…
Shakespeare in the Courtroom
Yilin Press · 2023
Quentin Skinner is a leading figure of the Cambridge School and a historian of ideas. Shakespeare in the Courtroom is the third work in his study of t…
A New Theory of Metaphor
Ningxia People's Education Press · 2009
A New Theory of Metaphor is a scholarly monograph by Nie Yan that systematically studies the phenomenon of metaphor in Chinese. It is one volume in th…
The Language of Leadership: 23 Scientific Communication Rules to Win Hearts Instantly
Posts & Telecom Press · 2023
Many people treat "being good with words" as a gift, but the author Simon Lancaster believes that getting people to listen willingly, believe willingl…
The Genealogy of Legal Knowledge (Three Volumes)
The Commercial Press · 2021
This is a slow book. From preparing materials to completing the manuscript, Professor Shu Guoying spent nearly ten years; the finished work runs over …
Metaphors We Live By (Revised Translation)
Zhejiang University Press · 2025
Metaphors We Live By is a foundational work of cognitive linguistics. Published in 1980 by linguist George Lakoff and philosopher Mark Johnson, it fun…
The Art or Crafte of Rhetoryke
Project Gutenberg · 2019
Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
The Arte of English Poesie
Project Gutenberg · 2019
Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
A Study of the Social Functions of Modern Russian Rhetoric
Peking University Press · 2025
A Study of the Social Functions of Modern Russian Rhetoric reviews the history of Russian rhetoric, analyzes the discursive environment of contemporar…
The Art of Persuasion
China Machine Press · 2025
Aristotle called rhetoric an "art"—a tool or method used by the persuader (one who persuades others to accept his views), or, one might say, "the art …
Language Services Series · Rhetoric Studies: Rhetoric Studies (Volume IV)
Jinan University Press · 2020
Rhetoric Studies is a continuing academic publication edited by the Chinese Rhetoric Society. It draws mainly on papers from three sources: first, sel…
The Training of a Public Speaker
Project Gutenberg · 2019
Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Literary Theory (Revised Edition)
Peking University Press · 2025
This book integrates the classical Chinese literary-theoretical category ganxing (aesthetic stimulation) with the modern concept of rhetoric to create…
The Living Metaphor
· 2018
This book comprises eight essays that examine the relationship and theory between metaphor and semiotics, rhetoric, semantics, poetics, and hermeneuti…