This critical analysis identifies the different rhetorical strategies and techniques that Emerson used first as a traditional New England preacher and then as he became a widely renowned public lecturer. Ten texts illustrating his different kinds of speeches on a wide array of subjects, such as prayer, manners, eloquence, the American scholar, the genuine man, and the fugitive slave law, accompany the analysis. A speech chronology and bibliography pointing to important primary and secondary materials further enrich this Great American Orators reference tool for students, scholars, and professionals in rhetoric, history, and American studies.…mehr
This critical analysis identifies the different rhetorical strategies and techniques that Emerson used first as a traditional New England preacher and then as he became a widely renowned public lecturer. Ten texts illustrating his different kinds of speeches on a wide array of subjects, such as prayer, manners, eloquence, the American scholar, the genuine man, and the fugitive slave law, accompany the analysis. A speech chronology and bibliography pointing to important primary and secondary materials further enrich this Great American Orators reference tool for students, scholars, and professionals in rhetoric, history, and American studies.
LLOYD ROHLER, Associate Professor of Speech Communication, University of North Carolina, has written at length about American orators and oratory. His recent book-length studies include Great Speeches for Criticism and Analysis (1992).
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Series Foreword by Bernard K. Duffy and Halford R. Ryan Foreword by Bernard K. Duffy Preface Critical Analysis Self-Reliant Man Preacher "The Rising Sun" From the American Scholar to the Young American Occasional Addresses: Ceremonial and Political Speaking Conclusion: Emerson's Achievement Speech Texts Pray Without Ceasing Summer The Genuine Man Manners Eloquence The American Scholar The Young American Robert Burns The Fugitive Slave Law Speech to the Manchester Athenaeum Chronology of Major Speeches Bibliography Index
Series Foreword by Bernard K. Duffy and Halford R. Ryan Foreword by Bernard K. Duffy Preface Critical Analysis Self-Reliant Man Preacher "The Rising Sun" From the American Scholar to the Young American Occasional Addresses: Ceremonial and Political Speaking Conclusion: Emerson's Achievement Speech Texts Pray Without Ceasing Summer The Genuine Man Manners Eloquence The American Scholar The Young American Robert Burns The Fugitive Slave Law Speech to the Manchester Athenaeum Chronology of Major Speeches Bibliography Index
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