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Frederick Douglass's curious audiences : ethos in the age of the consumable subject / by Terry Baxter.

EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America) Available online

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Ebook Central Academic Complete Available online

Ebook Central Academic Complete
Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Baxter, Terry, 1970-
Series:
Studies in major literary authors ; v. 35.
Studies in major literary authors ; v. 35
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895--Oratory.
Douglass, Frederick.
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895--Ethics.
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895--Public opinion.
Audiences--United States--History--19th century.
Audiences.
Rhetoric--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.
Rhetoric.
Oratory--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.
Oratory.
Ethics--United States--History--19th century.
Ethics.
Public opinion--United States--History--19th century.
Public opinion.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (142 p.)
Place of Publication:
New York : Routledge, 2004.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Terry Baxter provides a means of understanding the positive responses of Frederick Douglass's white audiences and African American celebrities' roles as both objects of consumption and vehicles for social change.
Contents:
BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; CHAPTER ONE Introduction; CHAPTER TWO Reformation and Resentment in Antebellum America; CHAPTER THREE Antebellum Rhetorical Culture in Theory, Criticism, and Practice; CHAPTER FOUR The Construction of Blackness and the Constraint of Ethos; CHAPTER FIVE Douglass as an Exhibit of Ethos; End Notes; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-182) and index.
ISBN:
1-135-87697-5
1-135-87698-3
1-280-15667-8
0-203-48480-0
OCLC:
252990916

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