Perfect Eloquence

Author : Tom Hoffarth
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781496240163

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Perfect Eloquence by Tom Hoffarth Pdf

When Vin Scully passed away in 2022, the city of Los Angeles lost its soundtrack. If you were able to deliver a eulogy for him, what might it include? What impact did he have on you? What do you carry forward from his legacy? Sixty-seven essayists—one representing each season of his career calling games for the Los Angeles Dodgers, from 1950 through 2016—reflect on the ways his professional and private life influenced them. The contributions include a range of stories and remembrances from those who knew and followed him. The consensus of the contributions is that Scully’s actions spoke louder than his well-recognized words. This collection includes fellow broadcasters as well as historians, players, journalists, celebrities, and others connected to the game of baseball, with each piece introduced by sports journalist Tom Hoffarth. Readers can consider Scully’s life through common themes: his sincerity, his humility, his professionalism, his passion for his faith, his devotion to his family, his insistence on remembering and giving context to important moments in the history of not just the game but the world in general, all wrapped up in a gift for weaving storytelling with accurate reporting, fellowship with performance art, humor, and connection.

Author : Mark Forsyth
Publisher : Icon Books Ltd
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 54,8 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.

Author : Mark Forsyth
Publisher : Icon Books Ltd
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781848313194

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The Etymologicon by Mark Forsyth Pdf

'Witty and erudite ... stuffed with the kind of arcane information that nobody strictly needs to know, but which is a pleasure to learn nonetheless.' Nick Duerden, Independent. 'Particularly good ... Forsyth takes words and draws us into their, and our, murky history.' William Leith, Evening Standard. The Etymologicon is an occasionally ribald, frequently witty and unerringly erudite guided tour of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language. What is the actual connection between disgruntled and gruntled? What links church organs to organised crime, California to the Caliphate, or brackets to codpieces? Mark Forsyth's riotous celebration of the idiosyncratic and sometimes absurd connections between words is a classic of its kind: a mine of fascinating information and a must-read for word-lovers everywhere. 'Highly recommended' Spectator.

Author : Thomas Leland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1764
Category : Bible
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041249215

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A Dissertation on the Principles of Human Eloquence by Thomas Leland Pdf

Author : Thomas LELAND (D.D.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1764
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0027111826

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A Dissertation on the Principles of Human Eloquence. With Particular Regard to the Style and Composition of the New Testament. In which the Observations on this Subject by the ... Bishop of Gloucester [W. Warburton] in His Discourse on the Doctrine of Grace, are ... Considered. Being the Substance of Several Letters, Etc. L.P. by Thomas LELAND (D.D.) Pdf

Author : Jacqueline Lichtenstein
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0520069072

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The Eloquence of Color by Jacqueline Lichtenstein Pdf

"An outstanding book, one of the most intelligent, penetrating, and intellectually rigorous studies of pictorial theory in the literature of art history."--Michael Fried, author of Absorption and Theatricality: Painting and the Beholder in the Age of Diderot "Jacqeline Lichtenstein's groundbreaking contribution to intellectual history reconstructs the history of the age-old debate between philosophy and rhetoric, discourse and images, drawing and color, truth and delight. She shows how, in opposition to the Platonic suspicion of eloquence and colour, 17th-century French aesthetics discovers that painting involves deception more than imitation and delight rather than logic. Impressively erudite, Lichtenstein is also a seductive writer. A book about the pleasure of seeing and the pleasure of reading."--Thomas Pavel, author of The Feud of Language: A History of Structuralist Thought

Author : Peter Elbow
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 46,8 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.

Author : Cinthia Gannett,John Brereton
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780823264544

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Traditions of Eloquence by Cinthia Gannett,John Brereton Pdf

This groundbreaking collection explores the important ways Jesuits have employed rhetoric, the ancient art of persuasion and the current art of communications, from the sixteenth century to the present. Much of the history of how Jesuit traditions contributed to the development of rhetorical theory and pedagogy has been lost, effaced, or dispersed. As a result, those interested in Jesuit education and higher education in the United States, as well as scholars and teachers of rhetoric, are often unaware of this living 450-year-old tradition. Written by highly regarded scholars of rhetoric, composition, education, philosophy, and history, many based at Jesuit colleges and universities, the essays in this volume explore the tradition of Jesuit rhetorical education—that is, constructing “a more usable past” and a viable future for eloquentia perfecta, the Jesuits’ chief aim for the liberal arts. Intended to foster eloquence across the curriculum and into the world beyond, Jesuit rhetoric integrates intellectual rigor, broad knowledge, civic action, and spiritual discernment as the chief goals of the educational experience. Consummate scholars and rhetors, the early Jesuits employed all the intellectual and language arts as “contemplatives in action,” preaching and undertaking missionary, educational, and charitable works in the world. The study, pedagogy, and practice of classical grammar and rhetoric, adapted to Christian humanism, naturally provided a central focus of this powerful educational system as part of the Jesuit commitment to the Ministries of the Word. This book traces the development of Jesuit rhetoric in Renaissance Europe, follows its expansion to the United States, and documents its reemergence on campuses and in scholarly discussions across America in the twenty-first century. Traditions of Eloquence provides a wellspring of insight into the past, present, and future of Jesuit rhetorical traditions. In a period of ongoing reformulations and applications of Jesuit educational mission and identity, this collection of compelling essays helps provide historical context, a sense of continuity in current practice, and a platform for creating future curricula and pedagogy. Moreover it is a valuable resource for anyone interested in understanding a core aspect of the Jesuit educational heritage.

Author : Chauncey Allen Goodrich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 978 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : OXFORD:600028942

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Select British Eloquence; Embracing the Best Speeches Entire, of the Most Eminent Orators of Great Britain for the Last Two Centuries; with Sketches of Their Lives, an Estimate of Their Genius, & Notes, Critical & Explanatory by Chauncey Allen Goodrich Pdf

Author : Catherine H. Lusheck
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781351770880

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Rubens and the Eloquence of Drawing by Catherine H. Lusheck Pdf

Rubens and the Eloquence of Drawing re-examines the early graphic practice of the preeminent northern Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640) in light of early modern traditions of eloquence, particularly as promoted in the late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Flemish, Neostoic circles of philologist, Justus Lipsius (1547–1606). Focusing on the roles that rhetorical and pedagogical considerations played in the artist’s approach to disegno during and following his formative Roman period (1600–08), this volume highlights Rubens’s high ambitions for the intimate medium of drawing as a primary site for generating meaningful and original ideas for his larger artistic enterprise. As in the Lipsian realm of writing personal letters – the humanist activity then described as a cognate activity to the practice of drawing – a Senecan approach to eclecticism, a commitment to emulation, and an Aristotelian concern for joining form to content all played important roles. Two chapter-long studies of individual drawings serve to demonstrate the relevance of these interdisciplinary rhetorical concerns to Rubens’s early practice of drawing. Focusing on Rubens’s Medea Fleeing with Her Dead Children (Los Angeles, Getty Museum), and Kneeling Man (Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen), these close-looking case studies demonstrate Rubens’s commitments to creating new models of eloquent drawing and to highlighting his own status as an inimitable maker. Demonstrating the force and quality of Rubens’s intellect in the medium then most associated with the closest ideas of the artist, such designs were arguably created as more robust pedagogical and preparatory models that could help strengthen art itself for a new and often troubled age.

Author : James Perrin Warren
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780271039138

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Culture of Eloquence by James Perrin Warren Pdf

Author : Quintilian
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1756
Category : Oratory
ISBN : UOM:39015030748183

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M. Fabius Quinctilianus His Institutes of Eloquence by Quintilian Pdf

Author : Blaise Gisbert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1718
Category : Preaching
ISBN : NWU:35556001566074

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Christian Eloquence in Theory and Practice by Blaise Gisbert Pdf

Author : Samuel D'OYLY
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1718
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019781196

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Christian Eloquence in theory and practice. Made English from the French original [of B. Gisbert] by S. D'Oyly by Samuel D'OYLY Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1026 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1833
Category : England
ISBN : UCD:31175012026483

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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine by Anonim Pdf