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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... meanings of literacy technologies were ambiguous and conflicted . Al- though descendants of Europeans often viewed the lack of textual knowledge as a cultural inadequacy , that condescension was matched by European anxieties about the ...
... meanings of literacy technologies were ambiguous and conflicted . Al- though descendants of Europeans often viewed the lack of textual knowledge as a cultural inadequacy , that condescension was matched by European anxieties about the ...
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... meaning through the reliance 7. In The Ascetic Imperative in Culture and Criticism ( Chicago , 1987 ) , 3-18 , Geoffrey Galt Har- pham explores the symbolic meanings with which Western culture invests text and speech , trac- ing a ...
... meaning through the reliance 7. In The Ascetic Imperative in Culture and Criticism ( Chicago , 1987 ) , 3-18 , Geoffrey Galt Har- pham explores the symbolic meanings with which Western culture invests text and speech , trac- ing a ...
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... meaning of transitions from ' oral culture ' to ' written culture , ' the meaning and function of speech either has been taken for granted as an historical constant or else has been overlooked . " He calls for the study of oral and ...
... meaning of transitions from ' oral culture ' to ' written culture , ' the meaning and function of speech either has been taken for granted as an historical constant or else has been overlooked . " He calls for the study of oral and ...
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... meanings attached to speech and writing.10 Eloquence Is Power shares with a handful of critical works the emphasis on speech as a practice and signifier of an emerging national identity while expand- ing the focus from Euro - America to ...
... meanings attached to speech and writing.10 Eloquence Is Power shares with a handful of critical works the emphasis on speech as a practice and signifier of an emerging national identity while expand- ing the focus from Euro - America to ...
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... meanings of linguistic form.13 Writing about the symbolism of cago , 1996 ) , Christopher Looby notes the central role that images of a nation " spoken into being " play in the literature of the early republic and calls attention to the ...
... meanings of linguistic form.13 Writing about the symbolism of cago , 1996 ) , Christopher Looby notes the central role that images of a nation " spoken into being " play in the literature of the early republic and calls attention to 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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Referencias a este libro
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 |