A Handlist of Rhetorical Terms—Richard A. Lanham (the standard reference work) Shakespeare’s Use of the Arts of Language—Sister Miriam Joseph (not with a bang but a wimple) Classical Rhetoric in English Poetry—Professor Sir Brian Vickers (an excellent introduction) In Defence of Rhetoric—Professor Sir Brian Vickers (a comprehensive vindication) You Talkin’ To Me?—Sam Leith (an introduction to the more structural aspects of rhetoric and persuasion, as opposed to the verbal figures found here)
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