Winning arguments: what works and doesn't work in politics, the bedroom, the courtroom, and the classroom
Fish, Stanley Eugene
Winning arguments: what works and doesn't work in politics, the bedroom, the courtroom, and the classroom by Stanley Fish - 1st ed. - New York HarperCollins Publishers 2016 - 212 p. : ill, ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.”
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.
9780062226655
Persuasion
Courtroom
Winning arguments
Debates and debating
Language arts
808 / FIS
Winning arguments: what works and doesn't work in politics, the bedroom, the courtroom, and the classroom by Stanley Fish - 1st ed. - New York HarperCollins Publishers 2016 - 212 p. : ill, ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.”
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.
9780062226655
Persuasion
Courtroom
Winning arguments
Debates and debating
Language arts
808 / FIS