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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... observed the preeminent importance that training in oratory had for the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome and described its revived importance in the new republic , where eloquence might once again bestow power : Under ...
... observed the preeminent importance that training in oratory had for the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome and described its revived importance in the new republic , where eloquence might once again bestow power : Under ...
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... observed , so " amongst Men , some are accounted Civill , and more both Sociable and Religious , 2. Thomas Harriot , A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia ( 1588 ; New York , 1972 ) , 27. Harriot describes a set of ...
... observed , so " amongst Men , some are accounted Civill , and more both Sociable and Religious , 2. Thomas Harriot , A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia ( 1588 ; New York , 1972 ) , 27. Harriot describes a set of ...
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... observed ) which they that guard their kings person , weare on their heads . With this also he brought a little basket made of rushes , and filled with an herbe which they called Tabáh . ” The text hints at the incomprehension with ...
... observed ) which they that guard their kings person , weare on their heads . With this also he brought a little basket made of rushes , and filled with an herbe which they called Tabáh . ” The text hints at the incomprehension with ...
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... observed that " nothing draws our attention more than good matter eloquently digested and uttered with a graceful , clear , and distinct pronunciation . " The elo- quent orator had become a figure of public note and popular repute in ...
... observed that " nothing draws our attention more than good matter eloquently digested and uttered with a graceful , clear , and distinct pronunciation . " The elo- quent orator had become a figure of public note and popular repute in ...
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... observations , an experience they attributed to the Spirit and described as preaching with " liberty . " These moments of " liberty " were designed to manifest the authenticity of unmediated access to God's will . Puritan " plain ...
... observations , an experience they attributed to the Spirit and described as preaching with " liberty . " These moments of " liberty " were designed to manifest the authenticity of unmediated access to God's will . Puritan " plain ...
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 |