1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461918303321

Autore

Carey Brycchan <1967->

Titolo

From peace to freedom [[electronic resource] ] : Quaker rhetoric and the birth of American antislavery, 1657-1761 / / Brycchan Carey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-283-73627-6

0-300-18227-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Disciplina

306.3620973

Soggetti

Slavery and the church - Society of Friends - History - 18th century

Quaker abolitionists - History - 18th century

Society of Friends - History - 18th century

Antislavery movements - History - 18th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. "The Power That Giveth Liberty And Freedom" Barbados, 1657-76 -- Two. "We Are Against The Traffik Of Men-Body" Pennsylvania, 1688-1700 -- Three. "The Grief Of Divers Friends" Pennsylvania-London-New Jersey, 1711-19 -- Four. "O Unrighteous Gain!" From Rhetoric To Ritual, 1727-43 -- Five. "A Practice So Repugnant To Our Christian Profession" Philadelphia And London, 1753-61 -- Notes -- Bibliography Of Works Cited -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the first book to investigate in detail the origins of antislavery thought and rhetoric within the Society of Friends, Brycchan Carey shows how the Quakers turned against slavery in the first half of the eighteenth century and became the first organization to take a stand against the slave trade. Through meticulous examination of the earliest writings of the Friends, including journals and letters, Carey reveals the society's gradual transition from expressing doubt about slavery to adamant opposition. He shows that while progression toward this stance was ongoing, it was slow and uneven and that it was vigorous internal debate and discussion that ultimately led to a call for abolition.



His book will be a major contribution to the history of the rhetoric of antislavery and the development of antislavery thought as explicated in early Quaker writing.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996237748803316

Titolo

Epea and Grammata : oral and written communication in ancient Greece / / edited by Ian Worthington and John Miles Foley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Brill, , 2002

ISBN

90-04-35092-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 206 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Orality and literacy in ancient Greece ; ; v. 4

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum, , 0169-8958 ; ; 230

Disciplina

880.9001

Soggetti

Written communication - Greece

Oral tradition - Greece

Oral communication - Greece

Literacy - Greece

Language and culture - Greece

Greek literature - History and criticism

Greek language - Written Greek

Greek language - Spoken Greek

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-201) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / IAN WORTHINGTON and JOHN MILES FOLEY -- PREFACE / IAN WORTHINGTON and JOHN MILES FOLEY -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / IAN WORTHINGTON and JOHN MILES FOLEY -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS / IAN WORTHINGTON and JOHN MILES FOLEY -- LITERATURE, ART, AND DRAMA / IAN WORTHINGTON and JOHN MILES FOLEY -- EDITING AND TRANSLATING TRADITIONAL ORAL EPIC: THE SOUTH SLAVIC SONGS AND HOMER / JOHN MILES FOLEY -- RITUAL SPEECH IN EARLY GREEK SONG / JOHN F. GARCÍA -- THE EVOCATION OF EMOTIONAL RESPONSE IN EARLY GREEK POETRY AND PAINTING / E.



A. MACKAY -- SPEECH ACTS IN THE EVERYDAY WORLD AND IN HOMER: THE REBUKE AS A CASE STUDY / ELIZABETH MINCHIN -- HOMERIC SIGNS AND FLASHBULB MEMORY / RUTH SCODEL -- DANCING THE ALPHABET: PERFORMATIVE LITERACY ON THE ATTIC STAGE / NIALL W. SLATER -- RHETORIC AND SOCIETY / IAN WORTHINGTON and JOHN MILES FOLEY -- ENTERTAINMENT AND DEMOCRATIC DISTRUST: THE AUDIENCE'S ATTITUDES TOWARDS ORAL AND WRITTEN ORATORY IN CLASSICAL ATHENS / JOHAN SCHLOEMANN -- LITERACY, ORALITY, AND LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE IN CLASSICAL ATHENS / JAMES P. SICKINGER -- PHILOSOPHY / IAN WORTHINGTON and JOHN MILES FOLEY -- PHILOLOGY OR PHILOSOPHY? SIMPLICIUS ON THE USE OF QUOTATIONS / HAN BALTUSSEN -- BIBLIOGRAPHY / IAN WORTHINGTON and JOHN MILES FOLEY -- INDEX / IAN WORTHINGTON and JOHN MILES FOLEY -- SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE / H. PINKSTER , H.S. VERSNEL , D.M. SCHENKEVELD , P.H. SCHRIJVERS and S.R. SLINGS.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume deals with aspects of orality and oral traditions in ancient Greece, and is a selection of refereed papers from the fourth biennial Orality and Literacy in Ancient Greece conference, held at the University of Missouri Columbia in 2000. The book is divided into three parts: literature, rhetoric and society, and philosophy. The papers focus on genres such as epic poetry, drama, poetry and art, public oratory, legislative procedure, and Simplicius’ philosophy. All papers present new approaches to their topics or ask new and provocative questions.