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Declaring independence : Jefferson, natural language & the culture of performance / by Jay Fliegelman.
LIBRA E332.2 .F55 1993
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fliegelman, Jay.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Language.
- Jefferson, Thomas.
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects--History--18th century.
- Rhetoric.
- United States. Declaration of Independence.
- United States.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [1993]
- Summary:
- " From the simple fact that Jefferson' s text was intended to be read aloud as a literal declaration of political independence, Fliegelman has woven a truly brilliant picture of Jefferson, the document, and American politics and letters. . . . The result is a profoundly exciting new way of understanding the Declaration, its author, and the performative act of the Revolution itself." - Isaac Kramnick, Cornell University. " Will more or less immediately transform current study of 18th-century American literature and culture." - Mitchell Breitwieser, University of California, Berkeley.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-254) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0804720754
- 0804720762
- OCLC:
- 26012751
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