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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... Figures of Difference 246 Conclusion 267 Appendix : Traditions of the Ancients 271 Index 279 ILLUSTRATIONS Figure 1. Reverend Jonathan Edwards 63 Figure 2. Mrs. x : Contents.
... Figures of Difference 246 Conclusion 267 Appendix : Traditions of the Ancients 271 Index 279 ILLUSTRATIONS Figure 1. Reverend Jonathan Edwards 63 Figure 2. Mrs. x : Contents.
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... Figure 2. Mrs. Jonathan Edwards 68 Figure 3. The Reverend Samson Occom 93 Figure 4. Samson Occom 95 Figure 5. Tee Yee Neen Ho Ga Row , Emperour of the Six Nations 113 Figure 6. Title page , 1744 Treaty of Lancaster 120 Figure 7. Page 3 ...
... Figure 2. Mrs. Jonathan Edwards 68 Figure 3. The Reverend Samson Occom 93 Figure 4. Samson Occom 95 Figure 5. Tee Yee Neen Ho Ga Row , Emperour of the Six Nations 113 Figure 6. Title page , 1744 Treaty of Lancaster 120 Figure 7. Page 3 ...
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... figure constructions of the social body in oratori- cal performance . The nature of verbal symbolism shifted subtly over the colonial period . For the first century of colonization , British Americans imagined the rela- tionship between ...
... figure constructions of the social body in oratori- cal performance . The nature of verbal symbolism shifted subtly over the colonial period . For the first century of colonization , British Americans imagined the rela- tionship between ...
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... figures of speech and text in African American literature ; David Murray , Forked Tongues : Speech , Writing , and Representation in North American Indian Texts ( Bloomington , Ind . , 1991 ) . 14. Portelli , Text and the Voice , xiii ...
... figures of speech and text in African American literature ; David Murray , Forked Tongues : Speech , Writing , and Representation in North American Indian Texts ( Bloomington , Ind . , 1991 ) . 14. Portelli , Text and the Voice , xiii ...
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... figure of the authentic savage speaker is evident in two modern discussions of the importance of oral tradition by influential native American writers . Describ- ing " Language and Literature from a Pueblo Indian Perspective , " Leslie ...
... figure of the authentic savage speaker is evident in two modern discussions of the importance of oral tradition by influential native American writers . Describ- ing " Language and Literature from a Pueblo Indian Perspective , " Leslie ...
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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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