Dennis Glover

The Art of Great Speeches

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Uses insights from classical thinkers to reveal how great orators persuade their audiences so convincingly.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9780521140034
• ISBN-10: 052114003X
• Artikelnr.: 32734050

Autorenporträt

Dennis Glover is a professional speechwriter for some of Australia's most prominent political and business leaders and an academic historian of oratory. He is a graduate of Monash University and he took a PhD in History at Cambridge University. He has worked on the staff of three federal Labor Party leaders and written speeches for two prime ministers.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. To save a republic
2. Speech - the essence of democracy
3. Forum
4. Style
5. Emotion
6. Character
7. Evidence
8. Morality
9. Gettysburg
10. Speechwriter
Conclusion: the ideal orator
Appendix: common figures and terms.