Odious Praise Donald M. Hilty virtuosic showstoppers

virtuosic showstoppers

Synthesizing research from multiple disciplines with carefully constructed case studies

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Odious Praise Donald M. Hilty virtuosic showstoppersThis book reveals a tradition of thought overlooked in our intellectual history but enormously influential even now: the tradition of odious praise. Distinct from more conventional rhetorical exercises, such as panegyric or the funeral oration, odious praise uses acclaim to censure or to critique. This book reassesses the genre of praise and blame rhetoric by considering the potential of odious praise to undermine consensus and to challenge a