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Declaring independence : Jefferson, natural language & the culture of performance / by Jay Fliegelman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fliegelman, Jay.
- Series:
- ACLS Humanities E-Book.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Language.
- Jefferson, Thomas.
- United States. Declaration of Independence.
- United States.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects--History--18th century.
- Rhetoric.
- Rhetoric--History--Political aspects--18th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 268 p. ) ill. ;
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Jefferson's Pauses
- The Elocutionary Revolution
- Soft Compulsion
- Harmonies: Homer, Fugues, and Chairs
- Natural Theatricality
- The Figure of Patrick Henry
- Social Leveling and Stage Fright
- Private Lives and Public Scrutiny
- Agency and the Invention of Responsibility
- Dialectical Words
- Plagiarism, Authorship, and Improvement
- The Oratorical Ideal, Racial Politics, and the Making of Americans
- Epilogue
- Appendix: The Declaration
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-254) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780804720755
- 0804720754
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb01354 hdl
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