The Tongue is Also a Fire: Essays on Conversation, Rhetoric and the Transmission of Culture . . . and on C. S. Lewis

With conversation and its rhetoric as the axel of his wheel and culture as its rim, Professor Como examines many spokes that connect one to the other, from teaching and life in higher education, to President Obama, Mickey Mantle, movies, LBJ, Peru, Shakespeare, and C. S. Lewis. Alive with wit, direct address, rich experience, and much learning worn lightly, Como's approaches include scholarship, journalism, how-to instruction, criticism, and anecdote. Yet always at the center is how our conversations build our culture.

Author: James Como
Publisher: World Encounter Institute/New English Review
Published: 11/01/2015
Pages: 242
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d
ISBN13: 9781943003044
ISBN10: 1943003041
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Study & Teaching
- Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes | Historical Events