Download or read book Politicians and Rhetoric written by J. Charteris-Black and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-10-26 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This analysis of the rhetoric of nine successfully persuasive politicians explains how their use of language created credible and consistent stories about themselves and the social world they inhabit. It explores their use of metaphors, their myths and how language analysis helps us to understand how politicians are able to persuade.