Title: Lecturing the Atlantic
Description: "Lecturing the Atlantic is a re-interpretation of the 'public lecture' as one of the most important cultural forms of the nineteenth century Anglo-American world. Wright shows how key figures including Frederick Douglass, Ralph Waldo Emerson and William Makepeace Thackeray used the lecture hall to explore Anglo-American relations and themes of progress and national identity"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Lectures and lecturing, Commons, Political oratory, Nationalism, united states, United states, relations, great britain, Great britain, relations, foreign countries, United states, intellectual life, Relations, History, Lecturers, Biography, Reading, Nationalism, Intellectual life, Political aspects