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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... Edwards and the Recon- struction of ' Feminine ' Speech , " American Literary History , VI ( 1994 ) , 185-212 . I thank Oxford University Press for permission to reprint this article in modified form . Throughout the making of this book ...
... Edwards and the Recon- struction of ' Feminine ' Speech , " American Literary History , VI ( 1994 ) , 185-212 . I thank Oxford University Press for permission to reprint this article in modified form . Throughout the making of this book ...
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... Edwards's First Northampton Revival 51 iii . The " Feminine " in Performance 61 Chapter Two : The " Savage " Speaker Transformed 75 i . Cultural Hybridism in Evangelical Oratory 75 ii . Competing Words 78 iii . Samson Occom's ...
... Edwards's First Northampton Revival 51 iii . The " Feminine " in Performance 61 Chapter Two : The " Savage " Speaker Transformed 75 i . Cultural Hybridism in Evangelical Oratory 75 ii . Competing Words 78 iii . Samson Occom's ...
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... Speech in the New Republic 233 i . Representative Speech 233 ii . Figures of Difference 246 Conclusion 267 Appendix : Traditions of the Ancients 271 Index 279 ILLUSTRATIONS Figure 1. Reverend Jonathan Edwards 63 Figure 2. Mrs. x : Contents.
... Speech in the New Republic 233 i . Representative Speech 233 ii . Figures of Difference 246 Conclusion 267 Appendix : Traditions of the Ancients 271 Index 279 ILLUSTRATIONS Figure 1. Reverend Jonathan Edwards 63 Figure 2. Mrs. x : Contents.
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... Edwards 63 Figure 2. Mrs. Jonathan Edwards 68 Figure 3. The Reverend Samson Occom 93 Figure 4. Samson Occom 95 Figure 5. Tee Yee Neen Ho Ga Row , Emperour of the Six Nations 113 Figure 6. Title page , 1744 Treaty of Lancaster 120 Figure ...
... Edwards 63 Figure 2. Mrs. Jonathan Edwards 68 Figure 3. The Reverend Samson Occom 93 Figure 4. Samson Occom 95 Figure 5. Tee Yee Neen Ho Ga Row , Emperour of the Six Nations 113 Figure 6. Title page , 1744 Treaty of Lancaster 120 Figure ...
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... ( 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 , 1857 ) , 1-2 . lution , America freed itself from restrictive textual forms ,
... ( 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 , 1857 ) , 1-2 . lution , America freed itself from restrictive textual forms ,
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 |
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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 |
Términos y frases comunes
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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 |