{"product_id":"eloquence-is-power-oratory-and-performance-in-early-america-9780807848883","title":"Eloquence Is Power: Oratory and Performance in Early America","description":"Oratory emerged as the first major form of verbal art in early America because, as John Quincy Adams observed in 1805, \"eloquence was POWER.\" In this book, Sandra Gustafson examines the multiple traditions of sacred, diplomatic, and political speech that flourished in British America and the early republic from colonization through 1800. She demonstrates that, in the American crucible of cultures, contact and conflict among Europeans, native Americans, and Africans gave particular significance and complexity to the uses of the spoken word. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGustafson develops what she calls the performance semiotic of speech and text as a tool for comprehending the rich traditions of early American oratory. Embodied in the delivery of speeches, she argues, were complex projections of power and authenticity that were rooted in or challenged text-based claims of authority. Examining oratorical performances as varied as treaty negotiations between native and British Americans, the eloquence of evangelical women during the Great Awakening, and the founding fathers' debates over the Constitution, Gustafson explores how orators employed the shifting symbolism of speech and text to imbue their voices with power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sandra M. Gustafson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Omohundro Institute and University of North C\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807848883\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2001 pg. 1074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSandra M. Gustafson is associate professor of English at the University of Notre Dame.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Omohundro Institute and University of North C","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40161652441203,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":43.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_ef982d63-e885-4f14-a9b0-3edeba955df8.jpg?v=1654955673","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/eloquence-is-power-oratory-and-performance-in-early-america-9780807848883","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}