Sorlin Sandrine. Language and Manipulation in House of Cards: A Pragma-Stylistic Perspective

Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. — xiii, 267 pp. — ISBN: 978-1-137-55848-0.The book critically uses the latest theories in pragmatics and stylistics in its attempt at providing a pragma-rhetorical theory of manipulation.Power & (Fictional) Politics
Macrostructure and Linguistic Characterization
Concealing, Distorting and Creating Reality
Manipulative Moves: Between Persuasion and Coercion
The Art of Winning Over through Face-Work: Success and Failure
Aesthetic Manipulation
Concluding Remarks: Reciprocation and (Im)Politeness