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Toward a rhetoric of insult
Thomas M. Conley
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The University of Chicago Press
Language
English
Pages
132

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Subjects
Invective, Rhetoric

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Table of Contents

The range of insult
Terms of abuse: the lexical approach
Beyond the lexicon
Non-verbal 'terms'
The problem of the intrinsic
Traditional principles of insult
Sex, lies, and rhetorical community
All those nauseous epigrams of Martial
The domestication of Sir John Falstaff
'i shall taunt you a second time-a!': Monty Python
Just add a dash of theology
Lines and storylines
Doing the dozens
Mind your manners
Insults as 'rhetoric'
Beyond 'traditional' rhetoric
The paradox of insult
The economics of shame
Maintaining vs. interrogating hierarchies
Enforcing 'civility'
The aesthetic angle
Ad bellum purificandum?
A parting shot.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
808.7
Library of Congress
P410.I58 C66 2010

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Pagination
viii, 132 p. :
Number of pages
132

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Open Library
OL24476409M
ISBN 10
0226114775, 0226114783
ISBN 13
9780226114774, 9780226114781
LCCN
2009032306

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