wyszukanych pozycji: 6
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Henry Ward Beecher: Peripatetic Preacher
ISBN: 9780313263897 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 179 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. For approximately four decades, from shortly before the Civil War until his death in 1887, the Reverend Henry Ward Beecher dominated the pulpit and the public platform. Halford Ryan argues that although the ministry was Beecher's career, public speaking was his calling. Combining important orations with a critical analysis of Beecher's rhetoric, this book examines all facets of the Reverend's speaking and preaching. Particularly, it demonstrates that Beecher was unusually skilled in the art of refutative rhetoric, that is, he often paid more attention to rebutting the claims of his... For approximately four decades, from shortly before the Civil War until his death in 1887, the Reverend Henry Ward Beecher dominated the pulpit and... |
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261,79 zł |
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Harry Emerson Fosdick: Persuasive Preacher
ISBN: 9780313258978 / Angielski / Twarda / 1989 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This volume examines the persuasive ministry of the Reverend Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, analyzing his delivery, style, invention, and persuasion strategies. It is the first book to review Fosdick's oratory and explain his process of creating persuasive, effective sermons. It combines speech texts and an extensive bibliography with a critical interpretation of his famous homilies and addresses and it brings together in one concise text a definitive alphabetical calendar of speeches, a chronology of sermons keyed to his numerous books, and a detailed bibliography of works by and about... This volume examines the persuasive ministry of the Reverend Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, analyzing his delivery, style, invention, and persuasion st... |
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441,79 zł |
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Harry S. Truman: Presidential Rhetoric
ISBN: 9780313279089 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Plain-speaking Harry S Truman is assessed for his presidential rhetoric in this in-depth critical analysis that provides texts of major speeches and material useful to researchers in presidential libraries.
Plain-speaking Harry S Truman is assessed for his presidential rhetoric in this in-depth critical analysis that provides texts of major speeches and m...
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621,79 zł |
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The Inaugural Addresses of Twentieth-Century American Presidents
ISBN: 9780275940393 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The essays in Halford Ryan's The Inaugrual Addresses of Twentieth-Century American Presidents explore how presidents have used their addresses to empower themselves in office. The volume's construct holds that the president delivers persuasive speeches to move the Congress and the people, and to move the people to move the Congress if it is intransigent. Even on Inauguration Day, a largely ceremonial occasion, the president seeks acquiescence and action from Congress and the people in his first rhetorical deed as the nation's chief executive officer. Since scholars agree that the... The essays in Halford Ryan's The Inaugrual Addresses of Twentieth-Century American Presidents explore how presidents have used their address... |
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557,92 zł |
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U.S. Presidents as Orators: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook
ISBN: 9780313290596 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This first systematic critique on the rhetoric of 21 presidents shows how political constraints shaped rhetoric and how oratory shaped politics. An introduction places American public address in the context of classical rhetorical practices and theory and sets the stage for the bio-critical essays about presidents ranging from Washington to Clinton. Experts analyze the style and use of language, important speeches and their impact, and their ethical ramifications. Each essay on a president also keys major speeches to authoritative texts and offers a chronology and bibliography of primary... This first systematic critique on the rhetoric of 21 presidents shows how political constraints shaped rhetoric and how oratory shaped politics. An... |
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488,24 zł |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt's Rhetorical Presidency
ISBN: 9780313255670 / Angielski / Twarda / 1988 / 209 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Building on the premise that the 20th century has witnessed the rise of the rhetorical presidency, ' Ryan parses the public addresses of a master persuader. Overall, FDR's verbal gifts strengthened his hand while enriching the language of American politics. Ryan examines the mechanics of a typical Roosevelt speech, considering such factors as intonation, rhythm, and choice of metaphor, as well as Roosevelt's incomparable body language--these are the best parts of the book. Ryan effectively treats the question of authorship, arguing that although FDR wrote little of his own material, his... Building on the premise that the 20th century has witnessed the rise of the rhetorical presidency, ' Ryan parses the public addresses of a master p... |
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557,92 zł |