Culture Of Eloquence

Oratory And Reform In Antebellum America

by James Perrin Warren
language: english
Publisher: PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS, December of 1999 ‧
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A cultural history of the reforming power of language, based on a study of non-fiction prose of the 1830s - 1850s, in particular orations and lectures. Practices that crossed boundaries of gender, race and class show how diverse sectors of American society valued the word as a means toward reform.

Culture Of Eloquence

Oratory And Reform In Antebellum America

by James Perrin Warren

Property Description
ISBN: 9780271019000
Publisher: PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: December of 1999
Language: English
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 216
Format: Book
Collection: Re-Reading The Canon S.
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Linguistics and Philology
EAN: 9780271019000

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