01496nam a2200289 a 4500 EDZ0000113295 StDuBDS 20150804193943.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 121213s2013 enka fo| 001 0 eng|d 9780191745621 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS PN4193.P6 808.510883200941 23 Reid, Christopher, 1952- Imprison'd wranglers [electronic resource] : the rhetorical culture of the House of Commons 1760-1800 / Christopher Reid. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013. 1 online resource : ill. '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. Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Dec. 14, 2012). Includes bibliographical references and index. Political oratory Great Britain History 18th century. Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons History 18th century. Print version 9780199581092 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199581092.001.0001 38235 38235