Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Warren, James Perrin. Culture of eloquence: oratory and reform in antebellum America / James Perrin Warren. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-271-01900-X (cloth: alk. paper) 1. Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- History and criticism. 2. American prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism. 3. Oratory -- United States -- History -- 19th century. 4. Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer, 1804-1894 -- Oratory. 5. Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870 -- Oratory. 6. Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- 7. Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850 -- Oratory. I. Title. PS407.W37 1999 8151.309 -- dc21 98-41327 CIP Copyright © 1999 The Pennsylvania State University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Published by The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, PA 16802-1003 It is the policy of The Pennsylvania State University Press to use acid-free paper for the first printing of all clothbound books. Publications on uncoated stock satisfy the mini- mum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences - Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. -iv- |