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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
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)- 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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