political rhetoric
Surviving the era of ‘tantrum style’ politics
John Geddes: As Trump keeps going lower, out-of-fashion theorist Northrop Frye explains all the shrieking—and even shows a way past it to democratic renewal
On Trump’s pure ego and that ‘beautiful piece of chocolate cake’
The timeless literary criticism of Northrop Frye makes sense of the president’s odd, clichéd ‘tantrum style’ of public speaking
The ways Harper and Ignatieff talk
Today’s meetings between Stephen Harper and Michael Ignatieff have the potential to define their rivalry in a new way. One way to think about it is to consider the sorts of rhetoric they tend to employ.