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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... society . Taken captive in a Cherokee village , Marrant first displayed the Bible as a sacred icon , drawing the attention of a Cherokee " princess . " The written Word estab- 2. Adams , Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory , I , 20 , 21 ...
... society . Taken captive in a Cherokee village , Marrant first displayed the Bible as a sacred icon , drawing the attention of a Cherokee " princess . " The written Word estab- 2. Adams , Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory , I , 20 , 21 ...
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... societies . Social arbiters advanced the written word as pro- tection against the attractions of the textless " savage ... society of the late Roman Empire . See also Appendix , below . My use of the term performative is an adaptation of ...
... societies . Social arbiters advanced the written word as pro- tection against the attractions of the textless " savage ... society of the late Roman Empire . See also Appendix , below . My use of the term performative is an adaptation of ...
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... Society of Massachusetts , June 18 and 19 , 1982 ( Boston , 1984 ) , 276. Brian V. Street provides an incisive critique of the hier- archical coding of " oral " and " literate " societies in Literacy in Theory and Practice ( Cambridge ...
... Society of Massachusetts , June 18 and 19 , 1982 ( Boston , 1984 ) , 276. Brian V. Street provides an incisive critique of the hier- archical coding of " oral " and " literate " societies in Literacy in Theory and Practice ( Cambridge ...
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... Societies ( Cambridge , 1968 ) , 27–84 ; Elizabeth L. Eisenstein , The Printing Press as an Agent of Change ... Society ( Cambridge , 1986 ) ; Goody , The Interface between the Written and the Oral ( Cambridge , 1987 ) . For an ...
... Societies ( Cambridge , 1968 ) , 27–84 ; Elizabeth L. Eisenstein , The Printing Press as an Agent of Change ... Society ( Cambridge , 1986 ) ; Goody , The Interface between the Written and the Oral ( Cambridge , 1987 ) . For an ...
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... society and for the individual , for certainty and for doubt , for the spirit and for the body , for life and for death , according to which facet these pairs happen to present and to the connecting matter that holds them together ...
... society and for the individual , for certainty and for doubt , for the spirit and for the body , for life and for death , according to which facet these pairs happen to present and to the connecting matter that holds them together ...
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 |