Toward a rhetoric of insult
By: Thomas M. Conley.
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780226114774; 9780226114781
Subjects: Invective; Rhetoric
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The range of insult; title: Terms of abuse: the lexical approach; title: Beyond the lexicon; title: Non-verbal 'terms'; title: The problem of the intrinsic; title: Traditional principles of insult; title: Sex, lies, and rhetorical community; title: All those nauseous epigrams of Martial; title: The domestication of Sir John Falstaff; title: 'i shall taunt you a second time-a!': Monty Python; title: Just add a dash of theology; title: Lines and storylines; title: Doing the dozens; title: Mind your manners; title: Insults as 'rhetoric'; title: Beyond 'traditional' rhetoric; title: The paradox of insult; title: The economics of shame; title: Maintaining vs. interrogating hierarchies; title: Enforcing 'civility'; title: The aesthetic angle; title: Ad bellum purificandum?; title: A parting shot.