Identitys Strategy - Rhetorical Selves in Conversion

Informationen zum Autor Dana Anderson is an assistant professor of English at Indiana University and an editor of the KB Journal. His work has appeared in Philosophy and Rhetoric, College Composition and Communication, Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Queen, and Journal of Popular Culture. Klappentext An investigation into the persuasive techniques inherent in presentations of identity Zusammenfassung Drawing on Kenneth Burke's ""Dialectic of Constitutions!"" this work analyzes conversion narratives to illustrate how the authors of these autobiographical texts describe dramatic changes in their identities as a means of influencing the beliefs and action of their readers.

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• Authors: Dana Anderson
• Publisher: Univ of south carolina press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2007
• EAN: 9781570037061
• ISBN: 978-1-57003-706-1
• No. of pages: 209
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Studies in Rhetoric/Communication; Studies in Rhetoric/Communicat; Studies in Rhetoric/Communicat; Studies in Rhetoric/Communication; Studies in Rhetoric & Communic
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