The Strange Genius Of Mr O

Author : Carolyn Eastman
Publisher : Omohundro Ins
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1469660512

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The Strange Genius of Mr. O. by Carolyn Eastman Pdf

"The Strange Genius of Mr. O is at once the biography of a remarkably odd celebrity--a gaunt, opium-addicted Scottish orator who lectured in a toga--and a tour of the fledgling United States. James Ogilvie arrived in the United States in 1793 as an educated, impoverished, and deeply ambitious teacher. By the time he returned to Britain in 1819, he was a celebrity known simply as "Mr. O" who counted the nation's leading politicians, writers, and intellectuals among his admirers. Following Ogilvie on lecture tours from the Atlantic coast as far west as frontier Kentucky, Eastman reconstructs his path to renown, explaining how and why Ogilvie mattered to the citizens of the early republic. His example inspired countless men and more than a few women to become amateur orators and helped inaugurate America's golden age of oratory. At a time when Americans were eager for national unity, Ogilvie and his audiences hoped that eloquence might knit a divided public together--that educated, elevated oratory might provide a bedrock for citizenship and civic belonging. In Eastman's hands, Ogilvie's remarkable life story has as much to tell us about a fascinating man as it has to reveal about the nation he helped fashion"--

Author : Carolyn Eastman
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469660523

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The Strange Genius of Mr. O by Carolyn Eastman Pdf

When James Ogilvie arrived in America in 1793, he was a deeply ambitious but impoverished teacher. By the time he returned to Britain in 1817, he had become a bona fide celebrity known simply as Mr. O, counting the nation's leading politicians and intellectuals among his admirers. And then, like so many meteoric American luminaries afterward, he fell from grace. The Strange Genius of Mr. O is at once the biography of a remarkable performer--a gaunt Scottish orator who appeared in a toga--and a story of the United States during the founding era. Ogilvie's career featured many of the hallmarks of celebrity we recognize from later eras: glamorous friends, eccentric clothing, scandalous religious views, narcissism, and even an alarming drug habit. Yet he captivated audiences with his eloquence and inaugurated a golden age of American oratory. Examining his roller-coaster career and the Americans who admired (or hated) him, this fascinating book renders a vivid portrait of the United States in the midst of invention.

Author : Andrew Burstein
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781421448312

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Longing for Connection by Andrew Burstein Pdf

Untangling the private feelings, ambitions, and fears of early Americans through their personal writings from the Revolution to the Civil War. Modern readers of history and biography unite around a seemingly straightforward question: What did it feel like to live in the past? In Longing for Connection, historian Andrew Burstein attempts to answer this question with a vigorous, nuanced emotional history of the United States from its founding to the Civil War. Through an examination of the letters, diaries, and other personal texts of the time, along with popular poetry and novels, Burstein shows us how early Americans expressed deep emotions through shared metaphors and borrowed verse in their longing for meaning and connection. He reveals how literate, educated Americans—both well-known and more obscure—expressed their feelings to each other and made attempts at humor, navigating an anxious world in which connection across spaces was difficult to capture. In studying the power of poetry and literature as expressions of inner life, Burstein conveys the tastes of early Americans and illustrates how emotions worked to fashion myths of epic heroes, such as the martyr Nathan Hale, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln. He also studies the public's fears of ocean travel, their racial blind spots, and their remarkable facility for political satire. Burstein questions why we seek a connection to the past and its emotions in the first place. America, he argues, is shaped by a persistent belief that the past is reachable and that its lessons remain intact, which represents a major obstacle in any effort to understand our national history. Burstein shows, finally, that modern readers exhibit a similar capacity for rationalization and that dire longing for connection across time and space as the people he studies.

Author : Carolyn Eastman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780226180212

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A Nation of Speechifiers by Carolyn Eastman Pdf

In the decades after the American Revolution, inhabitants of the United States began to shape a new national identity. Telling the story of this messy yet formative process, Carolyn Eastman argues that ordinary men and women gave meaning to American nationhood and national belonging by first learning to imagine themselves as members of a shared public. She reveals that the creation of this American public—which only gradually developed nationalistic qualities—took place as men and women engaged with oratory and print media not only as readers and listeners but also as writers and speakers. Eastman paints vibrant portraits of the arenas where this engagement played out, from the schools that instructed children in elocution to the debating societies, newspapers, and presses through which different groups jostled to define themselves—sometimes against each other. Demonstrating the previously unrecognized extent to which nonelites participated in the formation of our ideas about politics, manners, and gender and race relations, A Nation of Speechifiers provides an unparalleled genealogy of early American identity.

Author : Robert Goode Hogan,Richard Burnham
Publisher : University of Delaware Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0874134218

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The Years of O'Casey, 1921-1926 by Robert Goode Hogan,Richard Burnham Pdf

However, these contemporary accounts are frequently amplified and put into modern perspective, particularly at crucial moments such as a major production, a final production, or a death. The authors have particularly done so with writers of some importance such as Edward Martyn, William Boyle, or T.C. Murray. Since the theater of these years was especially influenced by the state of the country, the authors give considerable space to the disruptive political events of the times. Always, however, this is done from the particular vantage point of the theater and its workers, for the Irish theater vigorously reacted to and quickly assimilated the turbulent political events of the day: the raids, the reprisals, the burnings, and the murders. These 1,800 days really break into two periods. The first comprises the violence of the Black and Tan War, the exhaustion that led to the treaty, and the bitterness occasioned by the treaty that led to the culminating ferocity of the civil war.

Author : Thomas Clarke Luby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Catholic emancipation
ISBN : EHC:148101065312W

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The Life and Times of Daniel O'Connell by Thomas Clarke Luby Pdf

Author : Thomas Clarke Luby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Catholic emancipation
ISBN : OXFORD:591101029

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The life and times of Daniel O'Connell. Cameron & Ferguson ed by Thomas Clarke Luby Pdf

Author : Joseph Barry
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-04
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4057664563804

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The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry, with Legends of the Surrounding Country by Joseph Barry Pdf

The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry, with Legends of the Surrounding Country is a book by Joseph Barry. It gives a warm and cunning description of a town in the US called Harper's Ferry during the late 19th century.

Author : Charles Henry ROSS
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019957880

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The Strange Adventures of Two Single Gentlemen ... With Illustrations ... Sixth Edition by Charles Henry ROSS Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015068306136

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The Yale Literary Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : American literature
ISBN : UIUC:30112002891999

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The Yale Lit by Anonim Pdf

Author : David James O'Donoghue
Publisher : Franklin Classics
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Ireland
ISBN : HARVARD:32044086849429

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The Life and Writings of James Clarence Mangan by David James O'Donoghue Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Dr. Seuss
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780385372084

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Oh, the Places You'll Go! Read & Listen Edition by Dr. Seuss Pdf

A perennial favorite, Dr. Seuss’s wonderfully wise graduation speech is the perfect send-off for children starting out in the world, be they nursery school, high school, or college grads! From soaring to high heights and seeing great sights to being left in a Lurch on a prickle-ly perch, Dr. Seuss addresses life’s ups and downs with his trademark humorous verse and illustrations, while encouraging readers to find the success that lies within. In a starred review, Booklist notes: “Seuss’s message is simple but never sappy: life may be a ‘Great Balancing Act,’ but through it all ‘There’s fun to be done.’” This Read & Listen edition contains audio narration.

Author : Jan Ellen Lewis
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469665641

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Family, Slavery, and Love in the Early American Republic by Jan Ellen Lewis Pdf

One of the finest historians of her generation, Jan Ellen Lewis (1949-2018) transformed our understanding of the early U.S. Republic. Her groundbreaking essays defined the emerging fields of gender and emotions history and reframed traditional understandings of the founding fathers and the U.S. Constitution. As significant as her work was within each of these subfields, her most remarkable insights came from the connections she drew among them. Gender and race, slavery and freedom, feelings and politics ran together in the hearts, minds, and lives of the men and women she studied. Lewis's brilliant research revealed these long-buried connections and illuminated their importance for America's past and present. Family, Slavery, and Love in the Early American Republic collects thirteen of Lewis's most important essays. Distinguished scholars shed light on the historical and historiographical contexts in which Lewis and her peers researched, wrote, and argued. But the real star of this volume is Lewis herself: confident, unconventional, erudite, and deeply imaginative.

Author : Henry Allon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : English periodicals
ISBN : UIUC:30112118704391

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The British Quarterly Review by Henry Allon Pdf