Wayne C. Booth
American literary critic and rhetorician, long-time University of Chicago professor, best known for The Rhetoric of Fiction and contributions to rhetorical approaches to literature and research methodology (co-author of The Craft of Research).
Books
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1. Modern Dogma And The Rhetoric Of Assent
This work examines how people come to accept beliefs—not through purely formal proofs but through rhetorical practices that shape trust, credibility, and moral judgment; it critiques both rigid skepticism and authoritarian dogmatism and argues for a constructive rhetoric of assent in which writers and speakers responsibly cultivate conviction by attending to audience, character, context, and narrative rather than relying on coercion or abstract certainties.
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