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 |
Между кориците на книгата
Резултати 1 - 5 от 33.
Страница xv
... interpreted as signs of dangerous volatility , 5. A Narrative of the Lord's Wonderful Dealings with John Marrant , a Black ... , in Adam Pot- kay and Sandra Burr , eds . , Black Atlantic Writers of the Eighteenth Century ( New York ...
... interpreted as signs of dangerous volatility , 5. A Narrative of the Lord's Wonderful Dealings with John Marrant , a Black ... , in Adam Pot- kay and Sandra Burr , eds . , Black Atlantic Writers of the Eighteenth Century ( New York ...
Страница xx
... interpretation is similar to my own sense of a mobile system of signification : " Orality and writing are forever exchanging roles , functions , and meanings in a mutual relationship of seeking and desire rather than exclusion and ...
... interpretation is similar to my own sense of a mobile system of signification : " Orality and writing are forever exchanging roles , functions , and meanings in a mutual relationship of seeking and desire rather than exclusion and ...
Страница 3
... interpret them clearly . In contrast with the serene transparency that Har- riot attributes to Algonquian behavior at those moments when he reassures his readers of their assimilability , his narrative of the company's interactions with ...
... interpret them clearly . In contrast with the serene transparency that Har- riot attributes to Algonquian behavior at those moments when he reassures his readers of their assimilability , his narrative of the company's interactions with ...
Страница 5
... interpret . Such interpretation did not come easily . Speech technolo- gies are no more universal than textual forms and are similarly shaped by their social context . In narratives such as John Smith's description of his reception by ...
... interpret . Such interpretation did not come easily . Speech technolo- gies are no more universal than textual forms and are similarly shaped by their social context . In narratives such as John Smith's description of his reception by ...
Страница 11
... Interpreting the complex set of welcoming rituals and speeches as expressions of the Miwoks ' desire for English domination , the account hinges on a moment of imperfect communication ( " if wee had understood them " ) that has ...
... Interpreting the complex set of welcoming rituals and speeches as expressions of the Miwoks ' desire for English domination , the account hinges on a moment of imperfect communication ( " if wee had understood them " ) that has ...
Съдържание
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 |
Други издания - Преглед на всички
Eloquence Is Power: Oratory and Performance in Early America Sandra M. Gustafson Ограничен достъп - 2012 |
Често срещани думи и фрази
Adams's African American American Revolution Ames's Antinomian audience Aupaumut authenticity authority Benjamin Franklin body Boston Massacre Brainerd British Cambridge Canassatego century chap Chapel Hill Christian claims colonial colonists Constitution conversion Cotton cultural David Brainerd debates Deborah Sampson described discusses divine early Edwards's eloquence emotional England English European evangelical figure Fisher Ames forms Gannett gender gesture History Hutchinson Ibid insisted Iroquois James Otis Jefferson John Adams John Marrant Jonathan Edwards language leaders letter linguistic literacy Mahican Marrant Massachusetts ministers missionary narrative native American negotiations oral orator oratory Otis's Patrick Henry patriot performance semiotic political popular preachers preaching pulpit Puritan republican Revolutionary rhetorical role sacred Samson Occom Sarah savage Scripture sermon social society soldiers speak speaker speech and text spiritual style symbolic textual Thomas tion tradition transformed verbal Virginia voice Whitefield William women writ writing Writs of Assistance written York