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Autore |
Jamieson Kathleen Hall |
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Titolo |
Eloquence in an electronic age : the transformation of political speechmaking / / Kathleen Hall Jamieson |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1988 |
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ISBN |
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9786610524709 |
9780197723968 |
0197723969 |
9780199728893 |
0199728895 |
9781280524707 |
1280524707 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (316 pages) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Public speaking |
Eloquence |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliography: p. 269-292 and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""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"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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