Frederick Douglass's curious audiences : ethos in the age of the consumable subject / / by Terry Baxter

• Autore: Baxter Terry <1970, >
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (142 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.8/092; B
• Soggetto topico: Audiences - United States - History - 19th century; Rhetoric - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century; Oratory - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century; Ethics - United States - History - 19th century; Public opinion - United States - History - 19th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-182) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Frederick Douglass's curious audiences
• ISBN: 1-135-87697-5; 1-135-87698-3; 1-280-15667-8; 0-203-48480-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451513403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in major literary authors ; ; v. 35.