Eloquence Is Power
Subtitle: Oratory and Performance in Early America (Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 8, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780807825754
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; Discourse analysis; Political structure & processes; Public speaking / elocution; Rhetoric; c 1700 to c 1800; Oratory; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; United States - Revolutionary War; History: American; USA; Public Speaking; History & Theory - General; Semantics; Language Arts & Disciplines / Public Speaking; History; 17th century; 18th century; United States
First sentence: Like the events of Boston in 1636-1637 and on the colonial frontier in 1675-1676, the events in Salem in 1692 revolved around a complex symbolism of speech and text.