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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... Evangelical Performance of Speech and Text 40 ii . Women's Speech and Women's Silence in Jonathan Edwards's First Northampton Revival 51 iii . The " Feminine " in Performance 61 Chapter Two : The " Savage " Speaker Transformed 75 i ...
... Evangelical Performance of Speech and Text 40 ii . Women's Speech and Women's Silence in Jonathan Edwards's First Northampton Revival 51 iii . The " Feminine " in Performance 61 Chapter Two : The " Savage " Speaker Transformed 75 i ...
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... evangelical converts ; see Democratic Personality : Popular Voice and the Trials of American Authorship ( Stanford , Calif . , 1998 ) . 12. Philip J. Deloria discusses the significance of Indian performance in the construction of white ...
... evangelical converts ; see Democratic Personality : Popular Voice and the Trials of American Authorship ( Stanford , Calif . , 1998 ) . 12. Philip J. Deloria discusses the significance of Indian performance in the construction of white ...
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... evangelical missionaries Samson Occom and John Marrant soon learned to rearticulate these signs of dif- ference . They presented a “ savage " speaker whose oral heritage endowed him or her with a greater authenticity than textbound ...
... evangelical missionaries Samson Occom and John Marrant soon learned to rearticulate these signs of dif- ference . They presented a “ savage " speaker whose oral heritage endowed him or her with a greater authenticity than textbound ...
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... evangelical women claimed the right to exercise their voices more publicly . The silencing of their public speech can be traced through the shift- ing symbolism of language and gender in the writings and sermons of Jonathan Edwards ...
... evangelical women claimed the right to exercise their voices more publicly . The silencing of their public speech can be traced through the shift- ing symbolism of language and gender in the writings and sermons of Jonathan Edwards ...
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... ( The Name of War , 36-44 ) . Lepore notes that Sassamon's literacy skills put him in an untenable position that led to his death ( 43 ) . 1 Gender Gender in Performance I. EVANGELICAL PERFORMANCE OF SPEECH Language and Power : 39.
... ( The Name of War , 36-44 ) . Lepore notes that Sassamon's literacy skills put him in an untenable position that led to his death ( 43 ) . 1 Gender Gender in Performance I. EVANGELICAL PERFORMANCE OF SPEECH Language and Power : 39.
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 |