num_pages: 224
description: In this manifesto, distinguished critic Wayne Booth claims that communication in every corner of life can be improved if we study rhetoric closely. 
  
   Written by Wayne Booth, author of the seminal book, The Rhetoric of Fiction (1961). 
  
   Explores the consequences of bad rhetoric in education, in politics, and in the media. 
  
   Investigates the possibility of reducing harmful conflict by practising a rhetoric that depends on deep listening by both sides. 
 
language: English
title: The Rhetoric of Rhetoric
titlecomplete: The Rhetoric of Rhetoric
genres: Linguistics, Philosophy, Literary Criticism, Textbooks, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 106
publisher: Wiley-Blackwell