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Eloquence Is Power: Oratory and Performance in Early America - Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Sandra M. Gustafson New edition
Eloquence Is Power: Oratory and Performance in Early America - Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
Sandra M. Gustafson
This work examines the multiple traditions of sacred, diplomatic and political speech that flourished in British America and the early republic from colonization and throughout 1800. The performance semiotic of speech and text as a tool for understanding the American oratory tradition is developed.
320 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | August 28, 2000 |
| ISBN13 | 9780807848883 |
| Publishers | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Pages | 320 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 235 × 20 mm · 485 g |
| Language | English |