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Eloquence is Power

Author : Sandra M. Gustafson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0807848883

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Eloquence is Power by Sandra M. Gustafson Pdf

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

Eloquence Is Power

Author : Sandra M. Gustafson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807839140

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Eloquence Is Power by Sandra M. Gustafson Pdf

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 rich traditions of early American oratory. Embodied in the delivery of speeches, she argues, were complex projections of power and authenticity that were rooted in or challenged text-based claims of authority. Examining oratorical performances as varied as treaty negotiations between native and British Americans, the eloquence of evangelical women during the Great Awakening, and the founding fathers' debates over the Constitution, Gustafson explores how orators employed the shifting symbolism of speech and text to imbue their voices with power.

Eloquence and Power

Author : John Earl Joseph
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015013270973

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Body Eloquence

Author : Nancy Mellon,Ashley Ramsden
Publisher : Elite Books
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781604150285

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Body Eloquence by Nancy Mellon,Ashley Ramsden Pdf

Have you ever had an ache or pain, and wished your body could talk to you and tell you what was wrong? You're not alone! Master storyteller Nancy Mellon, author of Body Eloquence, has guided scores of people through the process of giving their bodies a voice. Drawing from mythology, medicine, biology and energetic healing, she finds the essential stories that characterize each organ of the human body, and trains us how to use these resources to identify the messages that our organs are communicating to us. The heart, for instance, is not just a durable pump, sending oxygenated blood to every cell. It's also a representation of goodwill; a heart-to-heart connection, or an open-hearted friend, are universal stories we can all identify. But a hard-hearted person is one we all avoid. These archetypes are found in mythologies from Native American traditions to Scandinavian tribes to Greek history, and are woven together in a fascinating matrix in Body Eloquence, showing how our organs are part of our psyche, our history, and our collective mythology.

The Elements of Eloquence

Author : Mark Forsyth
Publisher : Icon Books Ltd
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781848316225

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The Elements of Eloquence by Mark Forsyth Pdf

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE ETYMOLOGICON. 'An informative but highly entertaining journey through the figures of rhetoric ... Mark Forsyth wears his considerable knowledge lightly. He also writes beautifully.' David Marsh, Guardian. Mark Forsyth presents the secret of writing unforgettable phrases, uncovering the techniques that have made immortal such lines as 'To be or not to be' and 'Bond. James Bond.' In his inimitably entertaining and witty style, he takes apart famous quotations and shows how you too can write like Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde or John Lennon. Crammed with tricks to make the most humdrum sentiments seem poetic or wise, The Elements of Eloquence reveals how writers through the ages have turned humble words into literary gold - and how you can do the same.

Eloquence and Power

Author : John Earl Joseph
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:729230798

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The Orator's Guide, Or the Practice and Power of Eloquence, Comprising Elocution, Composition, and Rhetoric ... Copiously Illustrated from Models of Excellence, Ancient and Modern

Author : John ANTROBUS (Essayist.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0027047124

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The Orator's Guide, Or the Practice and Power of Eloquence, Comprising Elocution, Composition, and Rhetoric ... Copiously Illustrated from Models of Excellence, Ancient and Modern by John ANTROBUS (Essayist.) Pdf

The Gift of the Gab

Author : David Crystal
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780300219418

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The Gift of the Gab by David Crystal Pdf

We all know eloquence when we hear it. But what exactly is it? And how might we gain more of it for ourselves? This entertaining and, yes, eloquent book illuminates the power of language from a linguistic point of view and provides fascinating insights into the way we use words. David Crystal, a world-renowned expert on the history and usage of the English language, probes the intricate workings of eloquence. His lively analysis encompasses everyday situations (wedding speeches, business presentations, storytelling) as well as the oratory of great public gatherings. Crystal focuses on the here and now of eloquent speaking—from pitch, pace, and prosody to jokes, appropriateness, and how to wield a microphone. He explains what is going on moment by moment and examines each facet of eloquence. He also investigates topics such as the way current technologies help or hinder our verbal powers, the psychological effects of verbal excellence, and why certain places or peoples are thought to be more eloquent than others. In the core analysis of the book, Crystal offers an extended and close dissection of Barack Obama’s electrifying “Yes we can” speech of 2008, in which the president demonstrated full mastery of virtually every element of eloquence—from the simple use of parallelism and an awareness of what not to say, to his brilliant conclusion constructed around two powerful words: dreams and answers.

The orator's guide, or The practice and power of eloquence

Author : John Antrobus (essayist.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600070000

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Vernacular Eloquence

Author : Peter Elbow
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199782505

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Vernacular Eloquence by Peter Elbow Pdf

A writing guide for the twenty-first century, Vernacular Eloquence explores how the variety of ways the spoken word can enhance the written word, drawing on examples from blogs, email, and other recent trends.

Culture of Eloquence

Author : James Perrin Warren
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780271039138

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Culture of Eloquence by James Perrin Warren Pdf

Culture, Behavior, Beauty

Author : Ralph Waldo Emerson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020010042

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Trials of Character

Author : James M. May
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781469615929

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Trials of Character by James M. May Pdf

By its very nature, the art of oratory involves character. Verbal persuasion entails the presentation of a persona by the speaker that affects an audience for good or ill. In this book, James May explores the role and extent of Cicero's use of ethos and demonstrates its persuasive effect. May discusses the importance of ethos, not just in classical rhetorical theory but also in the social, political, and judicial milieu of ancient Rome, and then applies his insights to the oratory of Cicero. Ciceronian ethos was a complex blend of Roman tradition, Cicero's own personality, and selected features of Greek and Roman oratory. More than any other ancient literary genre, oratory dealt with constantly changing circumstances, with a wide variety of rhetorical challenges. An orator's success or failure, as well as the artistic quality of his orations, was largely the direct result of his responses to these circumstances and challenges. Acutely aware of his audience and its cultural heritage and steeped in the rhetorical traditions of his predecessors, Cicero employed rhetorical ethos with uncanny success. May analyzes individual speeches from four different periods of Cicero's career, tracing changes in the way Cicero depicted character, both his own and others', as a source of persuasion--changes intimately connected with the vicissitudes of Cicero's career and personal life. He shows that ethos played a major role in almost every Ciceronian speech, that Cicero's audiences were conditioned by common beliefs about character, and finally, that Cicero's rhetorical ethos became a major source for persuasion in his oratory.

Rhetoric and Power

Author : Nathan Crick
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781611173963

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Rhetoric and Power by Nathan Crick Pdf

Through Rhetoric and Power, Nathan Crick dramatizes the history of rhetoric by explaining its origin and development in Classical Greece beginning the oral displays of Homeric eloquence in a time of kings following its ascent to power during the age of Pericles and the Sophists, and ending with its transformation into a rational discipline with Aristotle in a time of literacy and empire. Crick advances the thesis that rhetoric is primarily a medium and artistry of power, but that the relationship between rhetoric and power at any point in time is a product of historical conditions, not the least of which is the development and availability of communication media. With chapters in chronological order investigating major works by Homer, Heraclitus, Aeschylus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Thucydides, Aristophanes, Plato, Isocrates, and Aristotle, Rhetoric and Power tells the story of the rise and fall of classical Greece while simultaneously developing rhetorical theory from the close criticism of particular texts. As a form of rhetorical criticism, this volume offers challenging new readings to canonical works like Aeschylus’s Persians, Gorgias’s Helen, Aristophanes’s Birds, and Isocrates’s Nicocles by reading them as reflections of the political culture of their time. Through this theoretical inquiry, Crick uses these criticisms to articulate and define a plurality of rhetorical genres and concepts, such as heroic eloquence, tragicomedy, representative publicity, ideology, and the public sphere, and their relationships to different structures and ethics of power, such as monarchy, democracy, aristocracy, and empire. Rhetoric and Power thus provides the foundation for rhetorical history, criticism, and theory that draws on contemporary research to prove again the incredible richness of the classical tradition for contemporary rhetorical scholarship and practice.

The Call

Author : Craig R. Smith,Michael Hyde
Publisher : MSU Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781628954517

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The Call by Craig R. Smith,Michael Hyde Pdf

This book is a unique examination of the phenomenon of the call. Characterizing the call as a rhetorical event, the book identifies how speakers can use eloquence in the service of truth. Authors Craig R. Smith and Michael J. Hyde offer the rare combination of a phenomenology of the call linked closely to eloquence and explore this linkage by examining the components of eloquence, including examples of its misuse by George W. Bush and Donald Trump. The bulk of the text examines case studies of eloquence in the service of truth including epideictic, forensic, and deliberative eloquence, with examples drawn from addresses by Barack Obama, Daniel Webster, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Chase Smith, Susan Collins, and Mitt Romney. The authors also examine the Epistles of St. Paul, the writings of St. Augustine, and the preaching of Jonathan Edwards. Finally, the book explores eloquence in filmic narratives and dialogic communication between artists and writers, concluding with a study of the sublime and how it is evoked with awe using the work of Annie Dillard.