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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... minister Samson Occom reimagined the figure of the de- based savage speaker to present himself as an Indian orator of Pentecostal power . African American missionary John Marrant elaborated Occom's figure of a potent savage speaker ...
... minister Samson Occom reimagined the figure of the de- based savage speaker to present himself as an Indian orator of Pentecostal power . African American missionary John Marrant elaborated Occom's figure of a potent savage speaker ...
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... minister ] that speak- eth , as the Spirit of God in him and by him . " Puritan sermons effected a linguistic ascesis rejecting “ Philosophie , or fables , or lying Legends ... ministers developed a new idiom rich Language and Power : 15.
... minister ] that speak- eth , as the Spirit of God in him and by him . " Puritan sermons effected a linguistic ascesis rejecting “ Philosophie , or fables , or lying Legends ... ministers developed a new idiom rich Language and Power : 15.
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... ministers promised a stable social order protected from the volatility of more immediate spiritual ex- perience . Anglican preachers composed their texts carefully , delivering the same sermon to several audiences in different parishes ...
... ministers promised a stable social order protected from the volatility of more immediate spiritual ex- perience . Anglican preachers composed their texts carefully , delivering the same sermon to several audiences in different parishes ...
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... ministers they deemed ignorant and inarticulate . Behind the Puritan preacher's semi - improvised sermon were hours ... ministers followed Luther in preparing carefully and delivering freely ; see Preaching in the First Half Century of ...
... ministers they deemed ignorant and inarticulate . Behind the Puritan preacher's semi - improvised sermon were hours ... ministers followed Luther in preparing carefully and delivering freely ; see Preaching in the First Half Century of ...
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... minister as a vessel pure enough to transmit divine grace without contamination characterized the Puritan conception ... ministers sought an appropriate vehicle for communi- cating truth . But by focusing solely on the linguistic aspects ...
... minister as a vessel pure enough to transmit divine grace without contamination characterized the Puritan conception ... ministers sought an appropriate vehicle for communi- cating truth . But by focusing solely on the linguistic aspects ...
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 |