The influence of rhetoric in the shaping of Great Britain : from the Roman invasion to the early nineteenth century
Print Book, English, ©1986
University of Delaware Press ; Associated University Presses, Newark, London, ©1986
Criticism, interpretation, etc
321 pages ; 25 cm
9780874132892, 0874132894
13186441
Introduction : rhetoric and history : functions of persuasion
1. Culture shaping : the rhetorical contribution
2. Drawing together : the role of talk
3. A new idea emerges : the balance of interests
4. New problems, new solutions : the professionalizing of rhetoric
5. Crisis and confrontation : determining the mastery
6. Muddling through : royalty restrained
7. Elitism : the rhetoric of privilege
8. The people find a voice : the elder William Pitt
9. Concern for the little man : religion and reform
10. The rights of Englishmen : debating the American war
11. Imperialism on trial : the indictment of British rule over India
12. The specter of Jacobinism : effects on the discussable
13. The problems of Ireland : a rhetorical battleground
14. Scotland : a rhetorical highland