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OverviewAs cultural authority was reconstituted in the Revolutionary era, knowledge reconceived in the age of Enlightenment, and the means of communication radically altered by the proliferation of print, speakers and writers in eighteenth-century America began to describe themselves and their world in new ways. Drawing on hundreds of sermons, essays, speeches, letters, journals, plays, poems, and newspaper articles, Christopher Grasso explores how intellectuals, preachers, and polemicists transformed both the forms and the substance of public discussion in eighteenth-century Connecticut. In New England through the first half of the century, only learned clergymen regularly addressed the public. After midcentury, however, newspapers, essays, and eventually lay orations introduced new rhetorical strategies to persuade or instruct an audience. With the rise of a print culture in the early Republic, the intellectual elite had to compete with other voices and address multiple audiences. By the end of the century, concludes Grasso, public discourse came to be understood not as the words of an authoritative few to the people but rather as a civic conversation of the people. |Grasso explores the ways that intellectuals, preachers, and polemecists transformed the forms and substance of public discussion and examines the impact of change on complex relationships between religion, politics, and moral authority. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Christopher GrassoPublisher: The University of North Carolina Press Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.765kg ISBN: 9780807847725ISBN 10: 0807847720 Pages: 524 Publication Date: 31 March 1999 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviews[T]here have been many fine studies of eighteenth-century intellectual history, few are as sophisticated, as subtle, and as learned.<p> Journal of American History [T]here have been many fine studies of eighteenth-century intellectual history, few are as sophisticated, as subtle, and as learned.""Journal of American History"" ÝT¨here have been many fine studies of eighteenth-century intellectual history, few are as sophisticated, as subtle, and as learned.""Journal of American History"" A hugely impressive book, with an engaging style and a nice eye for anecdote.""Times Literary Supplement"" This book is a wonderful portrait of leadership and public discourse in the Revolutionary era. Nathan O. Hatch, University of Notre Dame ""[T]here have been many fine studies of eighteenth-century intellectual history, few are as sophisticated, as subtle, and as learned.""Journal of American History"""" ""A hugely impressive book, with an engaging style and a nice eye for anecdote.""Times Literary Supplement"""" ""This book is a wonderful portrait of leadership and public discourse in the Revolutionary era. Nathan O. Hatch, University of Notre Dame"" A significant contribution to our understanding of high culture in one place and time.""Journal of the Early Republic"" Historians of public life throughout the early modern Atlantic world will want to explore his account.""American Historical Review"" [T]here have been many fine studies of eighteenth-century intellectual history, few are as sophisticated, as subtle, and as learned. Journal of American History YThere have been many fine studies of eighteenth-century intellectual history, few are as sophisticated, as subtle, and as learned. Journal of American History This book is a wonderful portrait of leadership and public discourse in the Revolutionary era. Nathan O. Hatch, University of Notre Dame A hugely impressive book, with an engaging style and a nice eye for anecdote. Times Literary Supplement [T]here have been many fine studies of eighteenth-century intellectual history, few are as sophisticated, as subtle, and as learned. Journal of American History This book is a wonderful portrait of leadership and public discourse in the Revolutionary era. Nathan O. Hatch, University of Notre Dame Historians of public life throughout the early modern Atlantic world will want to explore his account. American Historical Review A significant contribution to our understanding of high culture in one place and time. Journal of the Early Republic A hugely impressive book, with an engaging style and a nice eye for anecdote. Times Literary Supplement Author InformationChristopher Grasso is associate professor of history at the College of William and Mary and editor of the William and Mary Quarterly. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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