Toward a rhetoric of insult / Thomas Conley.

Author/creator Conley, Thomas M., 1941-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChicago : The University of Chicago Press,
Descriptionviii, 132 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2009032306
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