Winning Arguments
by Stanley Fish 2020-05-15 15:33:46
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"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" -- New York Times Book Review A lively and accessible guide to understa... Read more

"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" -- New York Times Book Review

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.

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  • 7.8x5.2x0.6inches
  • 224
  • Harper Paperbacks
  • July 1, 2017
  • eng
  • 9780062226679
Stanley Fish is Arts and Sciences Professor of English and Professor of Law at Duke University. A founder of Reader Response Theory, he is the author of many books, including Surprised by Sin, Self-C...
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