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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... interim ( 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 ,
... interim ( 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 ,
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... forms , and republican govern- ment fostered the reinvigoration of the lost art of political eloquence.2 Long before Adams spoke , oratory had emerged as the first major form of ver- bal art in British North America because , as he said ...
... forms , and republican govern- ment fostered the reinvigoration of the lost art of political eloquence.2 Long before Adams spoke , oratory had emerged as the first major form of ver- bal art in British North America because , as he said ...
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... forms and social structures into a primary mode of understanding cultural relationships . Unprece- dented contacts between peoples from the three continents of Africa , Europe , and North America coincided with the invention of the ...
... forms and social structures into a primary mode of understanding cultural relationships . Unprece- dented contacts between peoples from the three continents of Africa , Europe , and North America coincided with the invention of the ...
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... forms of language rather than as discrete and hierarchical entities opens understanding of the ways that the bodies ... form and meaning through the reliance 7. In The Ascetic Imperative in Culture and Criticism ( Chicago , 1987 ) , 3-18 ...
... forms of language rather than as discrete and hierarchical entities opens understanding of the ways that the bodies ... form and meaning through the reliance 7. In The Ascetic Imperative in Culture and Criticism ( Chicago , 1987 ) , 3-18 ...
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... forms , the performance semiotic provides an important corrective to the developmental trajectory from orality to literacy that still often dominates histories of language . The most famil- iar narrative purporting to explain the ...
... forms , the performance semiotic provides an important corrective to the developmental trajectory from orality to literacy that still often dominates histories of language . The most famil- iar narrative purporting to explain the ...
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 |