This book explores the metaphors used in public and media communication to ask how language shapes o... more

How were social media posts, scripted speeches, traditional news media and political cartoons used a... more

Considers how traditional approaches such as cohesion and classical rhetoric may be integrated with ... more

This detailed study of fire metaphors provides a deep understanding of the purposeful work of metaph... more

This detailed study of fire metaphors provides a deep understanding of the purposeful work of metaph... more

This analysis of the rhetoric of nine successfully persuasive politicians explains how their use of ... more

This analysis of the rhetoric of nine successfully persuasive politicians explains how their use of ... more

An investigation of the influence of gender, social class, age and illness type in the language of p... more

An investigation of the influence of gender, social class, age and illness type in the language of p... more

’performance’ of leadership, Jonathan Charteris-Black uses Erving Goffman’s notion of ’Front’. Noting the inherent similarities...... more

This book analyzes the rhetoric of speeches by major British or American politicians and shows how m... more

’performance’ of leadership, Jonathan Charteris-Black uses Erving Goffman’s notion of ’Front’. Noting the inherent similarities...... more

This book analyzes the rhetoric of speeches by major British or American politicians and shows how m... more

In a stimulating and novel approach, this book explains why metaphors are persuasive, suggesting tha... more

In a stimulating and novel approach, this book explains why metaphors are persuasive, suggesting tha... more