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A rant is a widespread and distinctive phenomenon of emotional speech or writing in the form of a series of complaints or attacks, about a topic of interest, many times political in nature. Rarely, rants express great praise, defending an idea or a person from attack. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk (IPA: )[1] (born February 21, 1962) is an American satirical novelist and freelance journalist of Ukrainian ancestry born in Pasco, Washington. ... Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey is a novel by Chuck Palahniuk released on May 1, 2007. ... A speech is an oral message delivered in public. ... Illustration of a scribe writing Writing, in its most common sense, is the preservation of and the preserved text on a medium, with the use of signs or symbols. ...

Rants in social settings

Speakers Corner at Hyde Park is a famous outdoor public rant space.^[1]. Rants have been prohibited and still are in places where Freedom of Speech or Political Protest is discouraged or outlawed. For the Canadian television series, see Speakers Corner. ... “Hyde Park” redirects here. ...

Rants are discouraged or prohibited in some scientific and decision-making groups. The prohibition of rants has a long history in Europe.

Rants are used often in situations requiring monologue. Comedians, for example, use rants as a way to get their message or punch-line across to the listening audience. A good example of a public speaker who add rants in his act is Dennis Miller, a political satirist and comedian. Dennis Miller (born November 3, 1953) is an American Emmy Award-winning comedian, political commentator, television personality, and talk radio host. ...

Rants are also a big part of the internet. Many people may have different opinions on certain matters online than they do offline, mainly because of the anonymity.

Rants in history

Well studied examples of rants in a historical context occur in the study of the pervasive inflammatory written ranting which preceded the American Civil War of 1861 to 1865. Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total...

See also

• Debate
• Rhetoric
• Albert O. Hirschman's The Rhetoric of Reaction
• Ranter

Debate (North American English) or debating (British English) is a formal method of interactive and position representational argument. ... Rhetoric (from Greek , rhêtôr, orator, teacher) is generally understood to be the art or technique of persuasion through the use of oral or written language; however, this definition of rhetoric has expanded greatly since rhetoric emerged as a field of study in universities. ... Albert O. Hirschman or Albert Otto Hirschman is an influential liberal economist who has authored several books on political economy and political ideology. ... The Ranters were a radical English sect in the time of the Commonwealth, who were regarded as heretical by the established Church of that period. ...

References

1. ^ "Even Speakers' Corner has been gagged" John Edwards, Daily Mail, March 29, 2006

Links

• Speakers Corner in Hydes Park, Britain.