Eloquence is Power: Oratory & Performance in Early AmericaUNC Press Books, 2000 - 287 страници 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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... George Washington in the Uniform of a British Colonial Colonel 217 Figure 15. George Washington , by Nöel Le Mire 218 Figure 16. George Washington , by Gilbert Stuart 220 Figure 17. Fisher Ames 239 Figure 18. Portrait of Deborah Sampson ...
... George Washington in the Uniform of a British Colonial Colonel 217 Figure 15. George Washington , by Nöel Le Mire 218 Figure 16. George Washington , by Gilbert Stuart 220 Figure 17. Fisher Ames 239 Figure 18. Portrait of Deborah Sampson ...
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... George Whitefield about 1770 , young Marrant went " over the fence " into the wilderness of South Carolina to escape a corrupt society . Taken captive in a Cherokee village , Marrant first displayed the Bible as a sacred icon , drawing ...
... George Whitefield about 1770 , young Marrant went " over the fence " into the wilderness of South Carolina to escape a corrupt society . Taken captive in a Cherokee village , Marrant first displayed the Bible as a sacred icon , drawing ...
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... George notes , " What remains surprising in much historical work is that , in exploring the meaning of transitions from ' oral culture ' to ' written culture , ' the meaning and function of speech either has been taken for granted as an ...
... George notes , " What remains surprising in much historical work is that , in exploring the meaning of transitions from ' oral culture ' to ' written culture , ' the meaning and function of speech either has been taken for granted as an ...
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... George Wash- ington . The institutionalization of oratorical performance in the early republic took place in its most influential arena , the Congress , where Massachusetts repre- sentative Fisher Ames became its first celebrity orator ...
... George Wash- ington . The institutionalization of oratorical performance in the early republic took place in its most influential arena , the Congress , where Massachusetts repre- sentative Fisher Ames became its first celebrity orator ...
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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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