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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... republican , where every citizen has a deep interest in the affairs of the nation , and , in some form of public assembly or other , has the means and opportunity of delivering his opinions , and of communicating his sentiments by ...
... republican , where every citizen has a deep interest in the affairs of the nation , and , in some form of public assembly or other , has the means and opportunity of delivering his opinions , and of communicating his sentiments by ...
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... 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 ...
... 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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... republican periods . The relevant works not cited elsewhere in this introduction include Sacvan Bercovitch , The American Jeremiad ( Madison , Wis . , 1978 ) ; Mitchell Robert Breitwieser , Cotton Mather and Benjamin Franklin : The ...
... republican periods . The relevant works not cited elsewhere in this introduction include Sacvan Bercovitch , The American Jeremiad ( Madison , Wis . , 1978 ) ; Mitchell Robert Breitwieser , Cotton Mather and Benjamin Franklin : The ...
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... republican authority " ( Declaring Independence : Jefferson , Natural Language , and the Culture of Performance [ Stanford , Calif . , 1993 ] , 20 , 35 , 54 ) . Nancy Ruttenberg traces the emergence of the imagery and practice of voice ...
... republican authority " ( Declaring Independence : Jefferson , Natural Language , and the Culture of Performance [ Stanford , Calif . , 1993 ] , 20 , 35 , 54 ) . Nancy Ruttenberg traces the emergence of the imagery and practice of voice ...
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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 |