Author: Edward L. WidmerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description
A historian and former presidential speechwriter presents an unprecedented two-volume collection of the greatest speeches in American history.
American Speeches Vol. 1 (LOA #166)
Author: Edward L. WidmerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description
A historian and former presidential speechwriter presents an unprecedented two-volume collection of the greatest speeches in American history.
The American Orator's Own Book
Author: The American Orator's Own Book
Author: The American Orator's Own Book: a Manual of Extemporaneous Eloquence. Including a Course of Discipline ... and Also Practical Exercises, Etc
Author: AMERICAN ORATOR.The American Orator's Own Book
Author: Orators & Philosophers
Author: Bruce A. KimballPublisher: College Board
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
In this prize-winning book, Bruce Kimball provides a cogent study of the historical evolution of the idea of liberal education. Clearly and forcefully argued, the book portrays this evolution as a struggle between two contending points of view - one oratorical and the other philosophical - that have interacted, often controversially, from antiquity to the present.
Eloquence Is Power
Author: Sandra M. GustafsonPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 0807839140
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
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.
The American Orator's Own Book
Author: The American Orator's Own Book
Author: Speeches of Note
Author: Shaun UsherPublisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 0399580069
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
From the author of the New York Times bestseller Letters of Note comes a collection of 75 of history's most interesting, profound, and sometimes unknown speeches from a range of scintillating personalities such as Frederick Douglass, Justin Trudeau, Albert Einstein, Meghan Markle, Barbara Jordan, and Ursula K. Le Guin. This thoughtfully curated and richly illustrated collection celebrates oratory old and new, highlighting speeches we know and admire, while also shining a light on profound drafts that were never delivered or have until now been forgotten. From George Bernard Shaw's warm and rousing toast to Albert Einstein in 1930 and the commencement address affectionately given to graduates at Long Island University by Kermit the Frog, to the chilling public announcement (that was thankfully never made) by President Richard Nixon should Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become stranded on the moon, Speeches of Note honors the words and ideas of some of history’s most provocative and inspiring personages.