An Inconvenient Truth: Myth and Multiple Readings in Environmental Rhetoric

Authors:

• Thomas S. Frentz (Univ of Arkansas, Fayetteville)
• Thomas Rosteck (University of Kansas, Fayetteville)

Abstract:

Placing the genres of documentary and jeremiad within the personal heroic myth of Al Gore, we argue that the rhetorical impact of this film transcends any reductive analysis in terms of a single genre.