Stereotypical characters that promoted the Nazi worldview were repurposed by antifascist authors in Weimar Germany, argues Dagmar C.G. Lorenz. This is the first book to trace Nazi characters through the German and Austrian literature. Until the defeat of the Third Reich, pro-Naz…
In this updated edition of his brief, engaging book, Robert J. Fogelin examines figures of speech that concern meaning - irony, hyperbole, understatement, similes, metaphors, and others - to show how they work and to explain their attraction.
Seit Menschen in größeren Gruppen zusammenleben, werden sie in ihrem Verhalten von denen beeinflusst, die besonders wirkungsvoll zu ihnen sprechen können. Die politische Rhetorik ist daher so alt wie die Politik und steht in enger Korrelation zu den epochalen Denkweisen, Sozialf…