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Culture of eloquence : oratory and reform in antebellum America

Author: James Perrin Warren
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : English
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"Antebellum America truly defined itself as a culture of eloquence. This could be seen in the creation of new cultural spaces, such as the lyceum and popular lecture system, for speakers who were then measured against the ideals of eloquence held by their listeners. Defining eloquence as "powerful, moving speech," Warren engages a host of writers/orators to develop his argument, beginning with Ralph Waldo Emerson's  Read more...
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Warren, James Perrin.
Culture of eloquence.
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1999
(OCoLC)607403872
Online version:
Warren, James Perrin.
Culture of eloquence.
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1999
(OCoLC)607906595
Named Person: Elizabeth Palmer Peabody; William Gilmore Simms; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Margaret Fuller; Margaret Fuller Ossoli; Elizabeth Palmer Peabody; William Gilmore Simms; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Margaret Fuller
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: James Perrin Warren
ISBN: 027101900X 9780271019000
OCLC Number: 39733183
Description: x, 202 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Culture of eloquence --
"Ferries and Horses": Emerson's theory of eloquence --
Henry Thoreau's tawny grammar --
Fuller, Peabody, and the mother tongue --
A fruitful nursery of orators: Frederick Douglass and the conditions for eloquence --
William Gilmore Simms and the necessity of speech --
Whitman's agonistic arena.
Responsibility: James Perrin Warren.

Abstract:

"Antebellum America truly defined itself as a culture of eloquence. This could be seen in the creation of new cultural spaces, such as the lyceum and popular lecture system, for speakers who were then measured against the ideals of eloquence held by their listeners. Defining eloquence as "powerful, moving speech," Warren engages a host of writers/orators to develop his argument, beginning with Ralph Waldo Emerson's philosophy of language in the 1830s and expanding his discussion to include the theories and practices of Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, Elizabeth Peabody, Frederick Douglass, William Gilmore Simms, and Walt Whitman. From this list he outlines practices that crossed the boundaries of gender, race, and class, ultimately showing that diverse sectors of society valued the word as a means toward reform."--BOOK JACKET.

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