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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... described rhetorical skill as a form of power in his 1805 inaugural address as the first Boylston Chair of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University . Adams observed the preeminent importance that training in oratory had for the ...
... described rhetorical skill as a form of power in his 1805 inaugural address as the first Boylston Chair of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University . Adams observed the preeminent importance that training in oratory had for the ...
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... described the " literall advantage " from his famil- iar domain near London , Harriot had the traveler's authority of experience . His report wrestles with the complex and enigmatic matter of Algonquian culture and his expedition's ...
... described the " literall advantage " from his famil- iar domain near London , Harriot had the traveler's authority of experience . His report wrestles with the complex and enigmatic matter of Algonquian culture and his expedition's ...
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... described the physical display of the Algonquian orators whose efforts left them sweating and breathless . He suggested the break- down of meaning and potential for violence when he characterized the speakers ' appearance as " exceeding ...
... described the physical display of the Algonquian orators whose efforts left them sweating and breathless . He suggested the break- down of meaning and potential for violence when he characterized the speakers ' appearance as " exceeding ...
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... described as preaching with " liberty . " These moments of " liberty " were designed to manifest the authenticity of unmediated access to God's will . Puritan " plain " style was not an untrained style , however . From its earliest ...
... described as preaching with " liberty . " These moments of " liberty " were designed to manifest the authenticity of unmediated access to God's will . Puritan " plain " style was not an untrained style , however . From its earliest ...
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... described her relation to the Bible as simultaneously passive and procreative . Passages were brought to her , followed her , even , in a sexual metaphor , laid upon her , producing more texts . The Lord promised to " deliver " her ...
... described her relation to the Bible as simultaneously passive and procreative . Passages were brought to her , followed her , even , in a sexual metaphor , laid upon her , producing more texts . The Lord promised to " deliver " her ...
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 |