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OverviewOratory 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, and Africans gave particular significance and complexity to the uses of the spoken word. Gustafson develops what she calls the performance semiotic of speech and text as a tool for comprehending the rich traditions of early American oratory. Embodied in the delivery of speeches, she argues, were complex projections of power and authenticity that were rooted in or challenged text-based claims of authority. Examining oratorical performances as varied as treaty negotiations between native and British Americans, the eloquence of evangelical women during the Great Awakening, and the founding fathers' debates over the Constitution, Gustafson explores how orators employed the shifting symbolism of speech and text to imbue their voices with power. |Sandra Gustafson examines the verbal art of speech in sacred, political and diplomatic forms as it was created and practiced in colonial America and the early republic. She demonstrates that, in the distinctly American interaction of cultures, contact and conflict among Europeans, native Americans, and Africans gave particular significance and complexity to the uses of the spoken word. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sandra M. GustafsonPublisher: The University of North Carolina Press Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.471kg ISBN: 9780807848883ISBN 10: 0807848883 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 31 August 2000 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 ContentsReviewsGustafson not only provides a new context for thinking about the verbal performances of prominent patriarchs like Cotton, Edwards, and Adams, but beautifully realizes the subversive potential of oral performance for outsiders like Sarah Edwards and Samson Occom. (Janice Knight, University of Chicago) [This book] makes an innovative contribution to the history of the book in early America.William and Mary Quarterly YThis book makes an innovative contribution to the history of the book in early America.William and Mary Quarterly In this careful and intelligent work, Gustafson returns oratory to its important political and cultural role in early America . American Studies Gustafson's contribution is lively, imaginative, and informed. Journal of American History YGustafson provides an intensive examination of the Colonial speech. Choice [Gustafson] provides an intensive examination of the Colonial speech. Choice In this careful and intelligent work, Gustafson returns oratory to its important political and cultural role in early America . American Studies Gustafson's contribution is lively, imaginative, and informed. Journal of American History In this careful and intelligent work, Gustafson returns oratory to its important political and cultural role in early America . American Studies ÝThis book¨ makes an innovative contribution to the history of the book in early America.William and Mary Quarterly"" [This book] makes an innovative contribution to the history of the book in early America.William and Mary Quarterly"" Gustafson not only provides a new context for thinking about the verbal performances of prominent patriarchs like Cotton, Edwards, and Adams, but beautifully realizes the subversive potential of oral performance for outsiders like Sarah Edwards and Samson Occom. (Janice Knight, University of Chicago) ÝGustafson¨ provides an intensive examination of the Colonial speech.""Choice"" Gustafson's contribution is lively, imaginative, and informed.""Journal of American History"" In this careful and intelligent work, Gustafson returns oratory to its important political and cultural role in early America .""American Studies"" ""Gustafson's contribution is lively, imaginative, and informed.""Journal of American History"""" ""In this careful and intelligent work, Gustafson returns oratory to its important political and cultural role in early America .""American Studies"""" [Gustafson] provides an intensive examination of the Colonial speech.""Choice"" Gustafson not only provides a new context for thinking about the verbal performances of prominent patriarchs like Cotton, Edwards, and Adams, but beautifully realizes the subversive potential of oral performance for outsiders like Sarah Edwards and Samson Occom. (Janice Knight, University of Chicago) [This book] makes an innovative contribution to the history of the book in early America.William and Mary Quarterly This book makes an innovative contribution to the history of the book in early America.William and Mary Quarterly In this careful and intelligent work, Gustafson returns oratory to its important political and cultural role in early America . American Studies Gustafson's contribution is lively, imaginative, and informed. Journal of American History Gustafson provides an intensive examination of the Colonial speech. Choice Gustafson's contribution is lively, imaginative, and informed. Journal of American History [Gustafson] provides an intensive examination of the Colonial speech. Choice In this careful and intelligent work, Gustafson returns oratory to its important political and cultural role in early America . American Studies In this careful and intelligent work, Gustafson returns oratory to its important political and cultural role in early America .<p> American Studies Author InformationSandra M. Gustafson is associate professor of English at the University of Notre Dame. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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