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Author Ellwanger, Adam, 1978- author.

Title Metanoia : rhetoric, authenticity, and the transformation of the self / Adam Ellwanger ; with a foreword by Pat J. Gehrke.

Publication Info. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2020]
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Contents Introduction : toward an analytic conception of metanoia -- Taking it back : the history of rhetorical metanoia in the classical tradition and beyond -- Crucifying the old man : Christian metanoic testimony and the changing of the heart -- Finding yourself : metanoia, epistrophe, and the ontology of the modern ethos -- Conclusion : afterthoughts; past, present, and future selves.
Summary "Examines the concept of metanoia as both a rhetorical figure of speech and a critical tool for the analysis of self-reinventions of all kinds, including conversions related to race, sex, religion, and politics"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Rhetoric -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Rhetoric -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Self.
Self.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9780271085920 0271085924 (DLC) 2019055810 (OCoLC)1120973504
ISBN 9780271086804 (electronic book)
0271086807 (electronic book)
9780271086781 (electronic book)
0271086785 (electronic book)
9780271085920
0271085924