The People's Voice: The Orator in American Society (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813151137)

In this flavorful and perceptive study of the American orator, Barnet Baskerville makes an inquiry into American attitudes toward orators and oratory and the reflection of these attitudes in speaking practices. He examines the role of the orator in society and the kinds or qualities of oratory that were dominant in each period of American history, and he looks into the nature and importance of oratory as perceived by audiences and by speakers themselves. By examining this "public image" of the o

Author: Barnet Baskerville
ISBN-10: 0813151139
ISBN-13: 9780813151137
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.61d