Imprison'd wranglers [electronic resource] : the rhetorical culture of the House of Commons 1760-1800 / Christopher Reid.

By:

Reid, Christopher, 1952-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resource : illISBN:

9780191745621 (ebook) :

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Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:

808.510883200941 23

LOC classification:

PN4193.P6

Online resources:

Oxford scholarship online

Summary: 'Imprison'd Wranglers' is a detailed study of parliamentary speaking in its golden age at the end of the 18th century. The book looks closely at the physical and political conditions in which these men spoke, and the techniques they used to discredit the arguments of their opponents and to move and convince their audience in the House.

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'Imprison'd Wranglers' is a detailed study of parliamentary speaking in its golden age at the end of the 18th century. The book looks closely at the physical and political conditions in which these men spoke, and the techniques they used to discredit the arguments of their opponents and to move and convince their audience in the House.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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