The Rhetoric of RHETORIC

In this manifesto, distinguished critic Wayne Booth claims thatcommunication in every corner of life can be improved if we studyrhetoric closely. * * Written by Wayne Booth, author of the seminal book, TheRhetoric of Fiction (1961). * * Explores the consequences of bad rhetoric in education, inpolitics, and in the media. * * Investigates the possibility of reducing harmful conflict bypractising a rhetoric that depends on deep listening by bothsides.