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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... Otis , Jr. 143 Figure 9. Patrick Henry before the Virginia House of Burgesses 168 Figure 10. The Bloody Massacre 172 Figure 11. Samuel Adams 186 Figure 12. The Death of General Warren 197 Figure 13. The Congress Voting Independence 203 ...
... Otis , Jr. 143 Figure 9. Patrick Henry before the Virginia House of Burgesses 168 Figure 10. The Bloody Massacre 172 Figure 11. Samuel Adams 186 Figure 12. The Death of General Warren 197 Figure 13. The Congress Voting Independence 203 ...
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... Otis and George Washington , Euro - Americans made the analogy between verbal forms and social structures into a primary mode of understanding cultural relationships . Unprece- dented contacts between peoples from the three continents ...
... Otis and George Washington , Euro - Americans made the analogy between verbal forms and social structures into a primary mode of understanding cultural relationships . Unprece- dented contacts between peoples from the three continents ...
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... Otis and Patrick Henry adapted evangelicalism's rhetorical strate- gies and symbolism of verbal forms to redefine America as an autonomous politi- cal entity through figures of voice . At the same Introduction : xxiii.
... Otis and Patrick Henry adapted evangelicalism's rhetorical strate- gies and symbolism of verbal forms to redefine America as an autonomous politi- cal entity through figures of voice . At the same Introduction : xxiii.
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... Otis's and Patrick Henry's famous speeches , the Boston Massacre trials , records of legislative oratory , and Hendrick Aupaumut's narrative of his embassy to the western nations . Some of these records were shaped in some way by the ...
... Otis's and Patrick Henry's famous speeches , the Boston Massacre trials , records of legislative oratory , and Hendrick Aupaumut's narrative of his embassy to the western nations . Some of these records were shaped in some way by the ...
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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 |