"Fish mines cultural touchstones from Milton to 'Married with Children' to explain how various types of arguments are structured and how that understanding can lead to victory" - New York Times Book Review
A lively and accessible guide to understanding rhetoric by the world class English and Law professor and bestselling author of How to Write a Sentence.
Filled with the wit and observational prowess that shaped Stanley Fish's acclaimed bestseller How to Write a Sentence, Winning Arguments guides readers through the "greatest hits" of rhetoric. In this clever and engaging guide, Fish offers insight and outlines the crucial keys you need to win any debate, anywhere, anytime-drawn from landmark legal cases, politics, his own career, and even popular film and television. A celebration of clashing minds and viewpoints, Winning Arguments is sure to become a classic.
| ISBN: | 9780062226679 |
| Publication date: | 4th July 2017 |
| Author: | Stanley Eugene Fish |
| Publisher: | Harper Paperbacks an imprint of HarperCollins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Genres: |
Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics Literary reference works Communication studies Business communication and presentation Language: reference and general |
"Fish mines cultural touchstones from Milton to 'Married with Children' to explain how various types of arguments are structured and how that understanding can lead to victory" - New York Times Book Review
A lively and accessible guide to understanding rhetoric by the world class English and Law professor and bestselling author of How to Write a Sentence.
Filled with the wit and observational prowess that shaped Stanley Fish's acclaimed bestseller How to Write a Sentence, Winning Arguments guides readers through the "greatest hits" of rhetoric. In this clever and engaging guide, Fish offers insight and outlines the crucial keys you need to win any debate, anywhere, anytime-drawn from landmark legal cases, politics, his own career, and even popular film and television. A celebration of clashing minds and viewpoints, Winning Arguments is sure to become a classic.
Winning Arguments features in the following genres: Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Literary reference works, Communication studies, Business communication and presentation, Language: reference and general
Winning Arguments is available in Paperback
Winning Arguments was written by Stanley Eugene Fish and published by Harper Paperbacks an imprint of HarperCollins
Winning Arguments has 224 pages