American Orators Before 1900: Critical Studies and SourcesBernard K. Duffy, Halford Ross Ryan "The editors offer 55 case studies of orators, each chapter consisting of from three and one-half to more than nine pages of text followed by a brief section entitled 'Informational Source' that includes short bibliographic summaries and important research sources intended particularly `for those beginning to investigate an orator's rhetoric.' Entries close with a short chronology of major speeches. . . . Duffy and Ryan's hope that their book will 'prove useful' should be fulfilled quickly, for American Orators Before 1900 is the most extensive reference collection on its topic. By introducing all 55 rhetors in situ and illuminating such an array of rhetorical peculiarities, universals, power, triumphs, and influences on the past and present, this book becomes indispensable to college and large municipal libraries." Quarterly Journal of Speech. |
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... society . This sense of oratory has been inherited from the earliest period of the nation's history . The social significance of speeches in the past has endured , although the style of oratory has changed . Oratory remains a vibrant ...
... society . This sense of oratory has been inherited from the earliest period of the nation's history . The social significance of speeches in the past has endured , although the style of oratory has changed . Oratory remains a vibrant ...
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... Society , St. Louis , Missouri , and at the Missouri State Historical Society , Columbia , Missouri , respectively . Benton's letters and manuscripts are scattered all over the country in various collections of papers of Benton's ...
... Society , St. Louis , Missouri , and at the Missouri State Historical Society , Columbia , Missouri , respectively . Benton's letters and manuscripts are scattered all over the country in various collections of papers of Benton's ...
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... society as a commitment to the sovereignty of the people . The chief weapon in his arsenal for reform was oratory ; he delivered thousands of speeches in a career that spanned nearly fifty years . Frequently those speeches were ...
... society as a commitment to the sovereignty of the people . The chief weapon in his arsenal for reform was oratory ; he delivered thousands of speeches in a career that spanned nearly fifty years . Frequently those speeches were ...
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John Quincy Adams | 7 |
Fisher Ames | 22 |
Henry Ward Beecher | 35 |
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