Rhetoric in Tooth and Claw: Animals, Language, Sensation

by Debra Hawhee

Book Overview

We tend to think of rhetoric as a solely human art. After all, only humans can use language artfully to make a point, the very definition of rhetoric.

Yet when you look at ancient and early modern treatises on rhetoric, what you find is surprising: they're crawling with animals. With Rhetoric in Tooth and Claw, Debra Hawhee explores this unexpected aspect of early thinking about rhetoric, going on from there to examine the enduring...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022670677X
• ISBN13: 9780226706771
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"