Eloquence is Power: Oratory & Performance in Early AmericaOratory emerged as the first major form of verbal art in early America because, as John Quincy Adams observed in 1805, "eloquence was POWER." In this book, Sandra Gustafson examines the multiple traditions of sacred, diplomatic, and political speech that |
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Contenido
I EVANGELICAL PERFORMANCE OF SPEECH AND TEXT | 40 |
I CULTURAL HYBRIDISM IN EVANGELICAL ORATORY | 75 |
Life Edwards resolved the socially destabilizing themes and the deflating | 79 |
I REPUBLICANISM AND THE ELOQUENT INDIAN | 111 |
TREATY | 120 |
TREATY | 122 |
Lfazdotecti tttetf | 140 |
symbolic significance of speech to the patriot movement Echoing language | 151 |
MSA | 172 |
language of suffering wounding and martyrdom voiced by the delegates | 199 |
I DOCUMENTS AND DEBATES | 200 |
I REPRESENTATIVE SPEECH | 233 |
CONCLUSION | 267 |
TRADITIONS OF THE ANCIENTS | 271 |
art into the material representation of an emotion of mind | 278 |
I WORDS OF REPROACH AND WRITTEN REASON | 171 |
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Eloquence Is Power: Oratory and Performance in Early America Sandra M. Gustafson Vista previa limitada - 2012 |
Eloquence is Power: Oratory & Performance in Early America Sandra M. Gustafson Vista de fragmentos - 2000 |
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New World, Known World: Shaping Knowledge in Early Anglo-American Writing David Read Vista previa limitada - 2005 |
Perspectives on American Book History: Artifacts and Commentary Scott E. Casper,Joanne D. Chaison,Jeffrey D. Groves Sin vista previa disponible - 2002 |
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Eloquence is Power: Oratory & Performance in Early America Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture Series Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American Hist Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia Series |
| Autor | Sandra M. Gustafson |
| Edición | ilustrada |
| Editor | UNC Press Books, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0807848883, 9780807848883 |
| Largo | 287 páginas |
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