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• Rhetoric
• Rhetoric - Early works to 1800
• Rhetoric - Encyclopedias
• Rhetoric - History
• Rhetoric - Philosophy
• Rhetoric - Political aspects
• Rhetoric - Religious aspectss
• Rhetoric, Ancient
• English language - Rhetoric
• Narration (Rhetoric)
• Persuasion (Rhetoric)

Sample Books in the Collection

The following is a small selection of the many books on Rhetoric available through the FAU Libraries.
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Compelled to Write by David L. Wallace
Call Number: P302 .W35 2011

ISBN: 9780874218121

Publication Date: 2011

David Wallace argues that any understanding of writing studies must include the conception of discourse as an embodied force with real consequences for real people.
Encyclopedia of Rhetoric by Thomas O. Sloane (Editor)
Call Number: PN172.E52 2001 Reference (Non-circulating) 1st Floor East

ISBN: 0195125959

Publication Date: 2001

Featuring 150 original, signed articles by leading scholars from many different fields of study it brings together knowledge from classics, philosophy, literature, literary theory, cultural studies, speech and communications.
Rhetoric : A Very Short Introduction by Richard Toye
Call Number: P301.T69 2013

ISBN: 9780199651368

Publication Date: 2013

Rhetoric is often seen as a synonym for shallow, deceptive language, and therefore as something negative. But if we view rhetoric in more neutral terms, as the 'art of persuasion', it is clear that we are all forced to engage with it at some level, if only because we are constantly exposed to the rhetoric of others.
Rhetorical Style by Jeanne Fahnestock
Call Number: P301.5.P47 F34 2011

ISBN: 9780199764112

Publication Date: 2011
The History of Rhetoric and the Rhetoric of History by Nancy S. Struever
Call Number: P301 .S82 2009

ISBN: 9780754659990

Publication Date: 2009

In the articles collected here Nancy Struever explores the basic assumption that rhetoric is not simply a bag of persuasive tricks, but functions, necessarily, as a mode of inquiry.
The Rhetoric of Expertise by E. Johanna Hartelius
Call Number: P301.5.P47 H377 2010

ISBN: 9780739147030

Publication Date: 2010

Reliance on expertise has become so commonplace in American culture that it is virtually impossible to avoid. Relying on expertise is one way we delegate the contents of our busy lives and defer to authority in the interest of being efficient.

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