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from: Waveland Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 302.2
EAN: 9781577663188
ISBN: 1577663187
Label: Waveland Press
Manufacturer: Waveland Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 472
Publication Date: 2004-01
Publisher: Waveland Press
Sales Rank: 74281
Studio: Waveland Press
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Book Description:
In the third edition of this highly regarded text, Sonja Foss continues the tradition of providing a comprehensive and comprehensible introduction to rhetorical criticism. She illustrates her discussion of foundational topics with a wide variety of well-chosen, engaging essays. Many of the essays new to this edition probe both familiar and unfamiliar ideologies looming in contemporary society. Foss’s clearly written introductions and the inclusion of student essays are appealing features for both undergraduate and graduate instruction. The final outcome of rhetorical criticism is a contribution to the improvement of our abilities as communicators and listeners.
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Rating:  - not bad
Bassically, if you have to learn about Rhetorical Criticism, this is the best book. It makes even some of the hardest methodologies such as FTA, postmodern abnd more seem easy to understand. What is even better, this bbok will show you how to apply these theories to an artifact. Good Luck.
Rating: - A Best Textbook for a Course on Rhetorical Criticism
I have used Sonja Foss' RHETORICAL CRITICISM: EXPLORATION & PRACTICES as a textbook for my Rhetorical Criticism class in the past three consecutive years. Among many other choices of textbooks, I find this one to have more strength and most suited for my students and my teaching style. First, the layout of the book is very easy for students to approach. It proceeds from traditional to current modes of rhetorical criticism, which gives the reader a sense of theoretical development in the field ... Read More
Rating: - A Best Textbook for a Course on Rhetorical Criticism
I have used Sonja Foss' RHETORICAL CRITICISM: EXPLORATION & PRACTICES as a textbook for my Rhetorical Criticism class in the past three consecutive years. Among many other choices of textbooks, I find this one to have more strength and most suited for my students and my teaching style. First, the layout of the book is very easy for students to approach. It proceeds from traditional to current modes of rhetorical criticism, which gives the reader a sense of theoretical development in the field ... Read More
Rating: - A Great Book for All Students of Rhetoric
I have used "Rhetorical Criticism" in my classes for over two years. The book is a great resource for all students of rhetoric, at both the undergraduate and graduate level. The organization of the book is it greatest asset for students of human communciation: a clear explanation of the method, followed by sample essays both by undergraduate students and expert scholars of rhetoric.
Rating: - Rhetorical Criticism as Art and Symbolic Action
Foss entices the reader to explore a variety of dimensions of the analytic activity known as rhetorical criticism. She captures the ingenity and imagination of seeing the world through a rhetorical prism of interacting symbols. Ranging from the analysis of images to music to language instrumental in shaping political discourse, the text provides an extraordinary guide to viewing the symbols that compel our public and private interests. The strength of her approach is exemplified in the sytematic ... Read More
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