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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Página viii
... cultures " of science and the humanities can indeed be wed , with the help of some time spent in the wilderness . Finally , this book is dedicated to the memory of my brother Stephen Gustaf- son , who died just as the book began to ...
... cultures " of science and the humanities can indeed be wed , with the help of some time spent in the wilderness . Finally , this book is dedicated to the memory of my brother Stephen Gustaf- son , who died just as the book began to ...
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... Cultural Hybridism in Evangelical Oratory 75 ii . Competing Words 78 iii . Samson Occom's Pentecostal Indian Speech 90 iv . John Marrant , " Savage " Speaker 101 Chapter Three : Negotiating Power 111 i . Republicanism and the Eloquent ...
... Cultural Hybridism in Evangelical Oratory 75 ii . Competing Words 78 iii . Samson Occom's Pentecostal Indian Speech 90 iv . John Marrant , " Savage " Speaker 101 Chapter Three : Negotiating Power 111 i . Republicanism and the Eloquent ...
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... cultures that defined major aspects of the colonial experience . European colonists in North America drew on the traditions of classical and Christian rhetoric newly invigorated by the rise of humanism and the Protestant revitalization ...
... cultures that defined major aspects of the colonial experience . European colonists in North America drew on the traditions of classical and Christian rhetoric newly invigorated by the rise of humanism and the Protestant revitalization ...
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... cultural relationships . Unprece- dented contacts between peoples from the three continents of Africa , Europe , and North America coincided with the invention of the printing press to make ver- bal forms into primary markers of cultural ...
... cultural relationships . Unprece- dented contacts between peoples from the three continents of Africa , Europe , and North America coincided with the invention of the printing press to make ver- bal forms into primary markers of cultural ...
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... cultures and " civilized " literate societies . Social arbiters advanced the written word as pro- tection against the attractions of the textless " savage " or " enthusiast . " Beginning with the Salem witchcraft crisis and the shifts ...
... cultures and " civilized " literate societies . Social arbiters advanced the written word as pro- tection against the attractions of the textless " savage " or " enthusiast . " Beginning with the Salem witchcraft crisis and the shifts ...
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 |