Voices in the wilderness
Subtitle: public discourse and the paradox of Puritan rhetoric
By: Patricia Roberts-Miller.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
Subjects: American prose literature -- Puritan authors -- History and criticism.; English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- United States.; English language -- New England -- Discourse analysis.; Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- New England -- History.; Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States.; Puritans -- New England -- Intellectual life.; English language -- New England -- Rhetoric.; Language and culture -- United States.; Puritan movements -- United States.
Description: This persuasive analysis of Puritan public discourse and its social consequences offers significant new ideas about the influence of Puritan language practices on American cultural identity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-204) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Ghost in the sphere; title: The ontic logos, predestination, and aims of probability; title: The place of the opposition; title: Sugaring of rhetoric; title: Prophets in a howling wilderness; title: Arguments with voices in the wilderness; title: Notes; title: Works cited; title: Index.