Author: Samuel P. LymanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Life and Memorials of Daniel Webster
Author: Samuel P. LymanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The Life, Speeches, and Memorials of Daniel Webster
Author: Samuel Mosheim SmuckerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Life and Memorials of D. W. from the New York Daily Times
Author: Daniel WebsterPersonal Memorials of Daniel Webster, including a sketch of his public life and the particulars of his death
Author: Life and Memorials of Daniel Webster
Author: Samuel P. LymanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Personal Memorials of Daniel Webster
Author: Charles LanmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislators
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
The Life, Speeches and Memorials of Daniel Webster ...
Author: Daniel WebsterBiographical Guide to American Literature
Author: Nicolas TrübnerTrübner's Bibliographical Guide to American Literature
Author: Nicolas TrübnerPublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Daniel Webster and the Oratory of Civil Religion
Author: Craig R. SmithPublisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826264298
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Annotation Daniel Webster (1782-1852) embodied the golden age of oratory in America by mastering each of the major genres of public speaking of the time. Even today, many of his victories before the Supreme Court remain as precedents. Webster served in the House, the Senate, and twice as secretary of state. He was so famous as a political orator that his reply "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!" to Senator Robert Hayne in a debate in 1830 was memorized by schoolboys and was on the lips of Northern soldiers as they charged forward in the Civil War. There would have been no 1850 Compromise without Webster, and without the Compromise, the Civil War might well have come earlier to an unprepared North. Webster was also the consummate ceremonial speaker. He advanced Whig virtues and solidified support for the Union through civil religion, creating a transcendent symbol for the nation that became a metaphor for the working constitutional framework. While several biographies have been written about Webster, none has focused on his oratorical talent. This study examines Webster's incredible career from the perspective of his great speeches and how they created a civil religion that moved citizens beyond loyalty and civic virtue to true romantic patriotism. Craig R. Smith places Webster's speeches in their historical context and then uses the tools of rhetorical criticism to analyze them. He demonstrates that Webster understood not only how rhetorical genres function to meet the expectations of the moment but also how they could be braided to produce long-lasting and literate discourse