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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Page 25
... delivered in the middle of his oratorical career ; the other , an address of the epideictic genre , was the eulogy on Washington delivered at its end . A lengthy discourse , running some thirty pages of printed text , " On the British ...
... delivered in the middle of his oratorical career ; the other , an address of the epideictic genre , was the eulogy on Washington delivered at its end . A lengthy discourse , running some thirty pages of printed text , " On the British ...
Page 54
... delivered on June 10 , 1850 , that if Clay had more fingers and even toes on his hand , he might come up with more points . The " problem " did not exist . The bill simply was five old bills " altered just enough to spoil each , then ...
... delivered on June 10 , 1850 , that if Clay had more fingers and even toes on his hand , he might come up with more points . The " problem " did not exist . The bill simply was five old bills " altered just enough to spoil each , then ...
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... delivered a lecture " The Character of Washington " on the legendary hero's birthday , February 22 , 1856 , and repeated it three times in rapid succession . These presentations , he confided to his diary , were " successful beyond any ...
... delivered a lecture " The Character of Washington " on the legendary hero's birthday , February 22 , 1856 , and repeated it three times in rapid succession . These presentations , he confided to his diary , were " successful beyond any ...
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John Quincy Adams | 7 |
Fisher Ames | 22 |
Henry Ward Beecher | 35 |
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