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Figuratively Speaking: Rhetoric and Culture from Quintilian to the Twin Towers (Classical Inter/Faces) (Classical Inter/Faces) by Sarah Spence is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Figuratively Speaking: Rhetoric and Culture from Quintilian to the Twin Towers (Classical Inter/Faces) (Classical Inter/Faces) about?
Although 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.
Who reads Figuratively Speaking: Rhetoric and Culture from Quintilian to the Twin Towers (Classical Inter/Faces) (Classical Inter/Faces)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Sarah Spence
- Publisher
- Bristol Classical Press
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781849667562
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Science, Literary Criticism
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
Other editions & translations
- Figuratively Speaking: Rhetoric and Culture from Quintilian to the Twin Towers (Classical Inter/Faces) (Classical Inter/Faces) (2007)
- 9781849667555 (2013)
- Figuratively Speaking : Rhetoric and Culture from Quintilian to the Twin Towers (2007)
- Figuratively Speaking : Rhetoric and Culture From Quintilian to the Twin Towers (2004)
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