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Eloquence in an electronic age : the transformation of political speechmaking / Kathleen Hall Jamieson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jamieson, Kathleen Hall, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public speaking.
- Political oratory.
- Eloquence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (316 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Transformation of political speechmaking
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Kathleen Hall Jamieson - author of the award-winning 'Packaging the Presidency' - offers a perceptive and often disturbing account of the transformation of political speechmaking. She addresses such fundamental issues about public speaking as what talents and techniques differentiate eloquent speakers from non-eloquent speakers. She also analyzes the speeches of modern presidents from Truman through Reagan and of other politicians from Daniel Webster to Mario Cuomo. Ranging from the classical orations of Cicero to Kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, this lively, well-documented volume contains a wealth of insight into public speaking, contemporary characteristics of eloquence, and the future of political discourse in America.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""1. Educating the Eloquent Speaker""; ""2. Incapacitating the Eloquent Speaker""; ""3. The Flame of Oratory, The Fireside Chat""; ""4. The ""Effeminate"" Style""; ""5. The Memorable Phrase, The Memorable Picture""; ""6. Dramatizing and Storytelling""; ""7. Conversation, and Self-Revelation""; ""8. The Divorce Between Speech and Thought""; ""9. Mating the Best of the Old and the New""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 17, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 9786610524709
- 9780197723968
- 0197723969
- 9780199728893
- 0199728895
- 9781280524707
- 1280524707
- OCLC:
- 870243081
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb31820 hdl
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