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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... century . 2. Oratory - United States - History - 18th century . 3. Speeches , addresses , etc. , American- History and criticism . I. Title . PN4055.U5 G87 2000 808.5'1'097309032 - dc21 99-086591 The paper in this book meets the ...
... century . 2. Oratory - United States - History - 18th century . 3. Speeches , addresses , etc. , American- History and criticism . I. Title . PN4055.U5 G87 2000 808.5'1'097309032 - dc21 99-086591 The paper in this book meets the ...
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... Allene Gustaf- son has nurtured my historical sense with her experience of nearly a century and nourished me with her affection . John A. Gustafson's wit and fine scholarship have set me a worthy example . Eric Ginsburg has taught.
... Allene Gustaf- son has nurtured my historical sense with her experience of nearly a century and nourished me with her affection . John A. Gustafson's wit and fine scholarship have set me a worthy example . Eric Ginsburg has taught.
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... Century British America 1 i . Textual Possession and Oral Resistance 1 ii . Renaissance Theories of Language and the Place of the Pulpit 12 iii . Bodies of Language and the Gendered Social Body 19 iv . Native Speech and the Discipline ...
... Century British America 1 i . Textual Possession and Oral Resistance 1 ii . Renaissance Theories of Language and the Place of the Pulpit 12 iii . Bodies of Language and the Gendered Social Body 19 iv . Native Speech and the Discipline ...
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... Century ( New York , 1995 ) , 75-105 , esp . 81 . 6. There is an extensive literature on voice and text in the colonial and early republican periods . The relevant works not cited elsewhere in this introduction include Sacvan Bercovitch ...
... Century ( New York , 1995 ) , 75-105 , esp . 81 . 6. There is an extensive literature on voice and text in the colonial and early republican periods . The relevant works not cited elsewhere in this introduction include Sacvan Bercovitch ...
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... century of colonization , British Americans imagined the rela- tionship between speech and text as a relatively static and absolute distinction that could be used to figure other supposedly absolute distinctions , particularly gen- der ...
... century of colonization , British Americans imagined the rela- tionship between speech and text as a relatively static and absolute distinction that could be used to figure other supposedly absolute distinctions , particularly gen- der ...
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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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