Eloquence Is Power: Oratory and Performance in Early America

by Sandra M. Gustafson

Book Overview

Oratory emerged as the first major form of verbal art in early America because, as John Quincy Adams observed in 1805, "eloquence was POWER." In this book, Sandra Gustafson examines the multiple traditions of sacred, diplomatic, and political speech that flourished in British America and the early republic from colonization through 1800. She demonstrates that, in the American crucible of cultures, contact and conflict among Europeans, native Americans,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807848883
• ISBN13: 9780807848883
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Omohundro Institute and Unc Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"