Eloquence is Power: Oratory & Performance in Early AmericaUNC Press Books, 2000 - 287 páginas Oratory 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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... Boston merchant had funded in 1771 but that had been left vacant during the turbulent interim ( iii - iv ) . Edward G. Parker traces the origins of Ameri- can art and power to Revolutionary oratory in The Golden Age of American Oratory ...
... Boston merchant had funded in 1771 but that had been left vacant during the turbulent interim ( iii - iv ) . Edward G. Parker traces the origins of Ameri- can art and power to Revolutionary oratory in The Golden Age of American Oratory ...
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... ( Boston , 1984 ) , 276. Brian V. Street provides an incisive critique of the hier- archical coding of " oral " and " literate " societies in Literacy in Theory and Practice ( Cambridge , 1984 ) , chaps . 1 , 2 . which the transformative ...
... ( Boston , 1984 ) , 276. Brian V. Street provides an incisive critique of the hier- archical coding of " oral " and " literate " societies in Literacy in Theory and Practice ( Cambridge , 1984 ) , chaps . 1 , 2 . which the transformative ...
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... Boston Massacre tra- dition . In his speech at the trial of the British soldiers , John Adams sought to disci- pline radical popular voice by making it savage when he scapegoated Boston Mas- sacre victim Crispus Attucks . Later , the Boston ...
... Boston Massacre tra- dition . In his speech at the trial of the British soldiers , John Adams sought to disci- pline radical popular voice by making it savage when he scapegoated Boston Mas- sacre victim Crispus Attucks . Later , the Boston ...
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... ( Boston , 1989 ) , chap . 2 . 3. Harriot , Briefe and True Report , 25-26 . The moment at which Harriot interrupts his ac- count with this reflection is worth noting . He has just remarked , " They say a woman was made first , which by ...
... ( Boston , 1989 ) , chap . 2 . 3. Harriot , Briefe and True Report , 25-26 . The moment at which Harriot interrupts his ac- count with this reflection is worth noting . He has just remarked , " They say a woman was made first , which by ...
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... ( Boston , 1955 ) , Garrett Mattingly observes , " Everyone insisted that the perfect ambassador had to be deeply read in literature and eloquent in the Latin tongue , for to be an ora- Humanism could facilitate a too - ready , and thus 6 ...
... ( Boston , 1955 ) , Garrett Mattingly observes , " Everyone insisted that the perfect ambassador had to be deeply read in literature and eloquent in the Latin tongue , for to be an ora- Humanism could facilitate a too - ready , and thus 6 ...
Contenido
1 Gender | 40 |
2 | 75 |
Life Edwards resolved the socially destabilizing themes and the | 79 |
3 | 111 |
4 | 140 |
symbolic significance of speech to the patriot movement Echoing | 151 |
5 | 171 |
Smith ed Letters of Delegates to | 199 |
Forms of State | 200 |
Washingtons gesturing arm in the Lansdowne portrait unifies and transcends | 220 |
Political Speech in | 233 |
CONCLUSION | 267 |
TRADITIONS OF THE ANCIENTS | 271 |
art into the material representation of an emotion of | 278 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
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 |
Términos y frases comunes
Adams's African American American Revolution Ames's Antinomian audience Aupaumut authenticity authority Benjamin Franklin body Boston Massacre Brainerd British Cambridge Canassatego century chap Chapel Hill Christian claims colonial colonists Constitution conversion Cotton cultural David Brainerd debates Deborah Sampson described discusses divine early Edwards's eloquence emotional England English European evangelical figure Fisher Ames forms Gannett gender gesture History Hutchinson Ibid insisted Iroquois James Otis Jefferson John Adams John Marrant Jonathan Edwards language leaders letter linguistic literacy Mahican Marrant Massachusetts ministers missionary narrative native American negotiations oral orator oratory Otis's Patrick Henry patriot performance semiotic political popular preachers preaching pulpit Puritan republican Revolutionary rhetorical role sacred Samson Occom Sarah savage Scripture sermon social society soldiers speak speaker speech and text spiritual style symbolic textual Thomas tion tradition transformed verbal Virginia voice Whitefield William women writ writing Writs of Assistance written York
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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 |