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Eloquence Is Power: Oratory and Performance in Early America (Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture)
Sandra M. Gustafson
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Paperback. This work examines the multiple traditions of sacred, diplomatic and political speech that flourished in British America and the early republic from colonization and throughout 1800. The performance semiotic of speech and text as a tool for understanding the American oratory tradition is developed. Series: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; CBP; CFG; HBJK; HBLL; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
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 flourished in British America and the early republic from colonization through 1800. She demonstrates that, in the American crucible of cultures, contact and conflict among Europeans, native Americans, and Africans gave particular significance and complexity to the uses of the spoken word. Gustafson develops what she calls the performance semiotic of speech and text as a tool for comprehending the ... Read more
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 flourished in British America and the early republic from colonization through 1800. She demonstrates that, in the American crucible of cultures, contact and conflict among Europeans, native Americans, and Africans gave particular significance and complexity to the uses of the spoken word. Gustafson develops what she calls the performance semiotic of speech and text as a tool for comprehending the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
Condition
New
Series
Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807848883
SKU
V9780807848883
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About Sandra M. Gustafson
Sandra M. Gustafson is associate professor of English at the University of Notre Dame.
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