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Commonwealth public address : essays in criticism / Marian B. McLeod.
LIBRA PN4055.C66 M35 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McLeod, Marian B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oratory--Commonwealth countries--History.
- Oratory.
- History.
- Commonwealth countries.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 244 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : Sterling Publishers, 2007.
- Summary:
- The essays comprising this anthology analyze public speeches delivered by some of the major political figures-both historical and contemporary-of the British Commonwealth, among them Jessie Street and Sir Robert Menzies of Australia; Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Bal Gangadhar Tilak of India; and Maurice Bishop of Grenada. The relationship between public address and the history, politics, and collective consciousness of a nation is explored within each paper, and a proposed canon of Commonwealth public oratory is also provided.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9788120733497
- 8120733495
- 9781932705768
- 1932705767
- OCLC:
- 154667684
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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