Rhetorical Occasions: Essays on Humans and the Humanities

by Michael Bérubé

Book Overview

A nationally known scholar, essayist, and public advocate for the humanities, Michael Berube has a rapier wit and a singular talent for parsing complex philosophical, theoretical, and political questions. Rhetorical Occasions collects twenty-four of his major essays and reviews, plus a sampling of entries on literary theory and contemporary culture from his award-winning weblog.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807857777
• ISBN13: 9780807857779
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"