Toward a rhetoric of insult / Thomas Conley.
| Author/creator | Conley, Thomas M., 1941- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, |
| Description | viii, 132 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009032306 |
| ISBN | 9780226114774 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780226114781 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0226114775 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0226114783 (pbk. : alk. paper) |