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Books on: oratory

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Lift Every Voice: African American Oratory, 1787-1900

Book by Philip S. Foner, Robert James Branham; University of Alabama Press, 1998

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African Americans--History--18th Century--Sources, African Americans--History--19th Century--Sources, Political Oratory--United States--History--18th Century, Political Oratory--United States--History--19th Century, Speeches, Addresses, Etc., American--African American Authors

Collections: History, Entire Library

...INTRODUCTION In his 1852 address "Orators and Oratory," William Grant Allen advised his student...college faculty, believed the study of oratory to be essential to the pursuit of liberal...lives consisted largely of occasions for oratory. 2 Although oratory is no longer the...
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Culture of Eloquence: Oratory and Reform in Antebellum America

Book by James Perrin Warren; Pennsylvania State University Press, 1999

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American Prose Literature--19th Century--History And Criticism, Emerson, Ralph Waldo--1803-1882--Oratory, Fuller, Margaret--1810-1850--Oratory, Oratory--United States--History--19th Century, Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer--1804-1894--Oratory, Simms, William Gilmore--1806-1870--Oratory, Speeches, Addresses, Etc., American--History And Criticism

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...impromptu" style of current American oratory associates that style with "the stamp...a fair start" to the revolution in oratory. Like the tone of the entire "inaugural...qualities Whitman had attributed to popular oratory and journalism. 3...
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Greek Oratory: Tradition and Originality

Book by Stephen A. Usher; Oxford University, 1999

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Oratory, Ancient, Speeches, Addresses, Etc., Greek--History And Criticism

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I THE EARLY RHETORICAL TRADITION Oratory became a more or less distinct genre of...assertion is possible: unlike other genres, oratory evolved under the stimulus of two agencies...Homer invented rhetoric, or the theory of oratory, originated in the Sophistic view of...
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Oratory and Rhetoric in the Nineteenth-Century South: A Rhetoric of Defense

Book by W. Stuart Towns; Praeger, 1998

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English Language--19th Century--Rhetoric, English Language--Southern States--Rhetoric, Oratory--Southern States--History--19th Century, Speeches, Addresses, Etc., American--Southern States--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

CHAPTER 1 Introduction ORATORY AND THE SOUTH Historians have long acknowledged...mythic role." He goes on to say that oratory became "the main form of American public...most important American folk art was oratory." Public speakers who were nationally...
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Frederick Douglass: Oratory from Slavery

Book by David B. Chesebrough; Greenwood Press, 1998

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Douglass, Frederick--1817?-1895--Oratory

Collections: History, Entire Library

...speech of his masters; the resounding oratory of the preachers, black or white; or...of the abolitionists, or the bombastic oratory of a preacher defending the institution...Perhaps no one in the long annals of oratory used mimicry with greater skill and effect...

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Journal Articles on: oratory

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Public Oratory in Xhosa Ritual: Tradition and Change

Journal article by P.A. Mcallister; Ethnology, Vol. 32, 1993

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Drinking customs--Social aspects, Oratory--Social aspects, Xhosa (African people)--Rites and ceremonies

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Public oratory in Xhosa ritual: tradition and change...am concerned with the role that public oratory plays in facilitating, legitimizing...praised, etc.). It is largely in this oratory and its associated ethnography (see Saville...
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The Greeks and Their Past: Poetry, Oratory and History in the Fifth Century BCE

Journal article by Donald Lateiner; The Historian, Vol. 73, 2011

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Books--Book reviews, The Greeks and Their Past: Poetry, Oratory and History in the Fifth Century BCE (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

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The Greeks and Their Past: Poetry, Oratory and History in the Fifth Century BCE...Lateiner The Greeks and Their Past: Poetry, Oratory and History in the Fifth Century BCE...Persians), and epideictic and deliberative oratory (here Lysias funeral oration and Andocides...
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Daniel Webster and the Oratory of Civil Religion

Journal article by Stanley Harold; The Historian, Vol. 69, 2007

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Books--Book reviews, Daniel Webster and the Oratory of Civil Religion (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

Daniel Webster and the Oratory of Civil Religion. by Stanley Harold Daniel Webster and the Oratory of Civil Religion. By Craig R. Smith...braided masterpieces unsurpassed in American oratory" (3). He also discusses the classical...
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Oratory, Embodiment, and US Citizenship in Sutton E. Griggs's Imperium in Imperio

Journal article by Maria Karafilis; African American Review, Vol. 40, 2006

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African American authors--Criticism and interpretation, African American authors--Works, African American writers--Criticism and interpretation, African American writers--Works, African Americans--Portrayals, African Americans--Social aspects, Griggs, Sutton Elbert--Criticism and interpretation, Griggs, Sutton Elbert--Works, Imperium in Imperio (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Novels--Criticism and interpretation

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Oratory, Embodiment, and US Citizenship in Sutton...practice. The novel focuses on the use of oratory as a fundamental means of securing and...the Anglo-Saxon heritage. Mastery of oratory thus functions as a linguistic marker of...
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Frantic Forensic Oratory: Poe's "the Tell-tale Heart"

Journal article by Brett Zimmerman; Style, Vol. 35, 2001

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Literary criticism, Literature, Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-49)

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Frantic Forensic Oratory: Poes "the Tell-tale Heart" by Brett...courtroom rhetoric-judicial, or forensic, oratory. This is not to say that he is necessarily...Poe and the Tradition of Rhetoric and Oratory: His Time and Place We cannot say for...

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Magazine Articles on: oratory

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Light Spirit: Fusing the Secular and Metaphysical, This Oratory on a Campus Is a Modern Response to the Numinous

Magazine article by Paul Finch; The Architectural Review, Vol. 218, December 2005

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Architectural firms--Growth, Architectural firms--Product information, Architectural firms--Reports, Architectural practice--Growth, Architectural practice--Product information, Architectural practice--Reports, Architectural services--Growth, Architectural services--Product information, Architectural services--Reports

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...Fusing the Secular and Metaphysical, This Oratory on a Campus Is a Modern Response to the...impressed by the calmness and serenity of the oratory space, with its shades of Tadao Ando...types of light. ILLUSTRATION OMITTED The oratory element creates what the architect describes...
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The Single, Brilliant Idea: Great Oratory Is the Mark of a Great Leader. Sophie Elmhirst Asks Politicians, Historians and the Writers Who Worked for Clinton and Blair to Reveal the Secrets of the Perfect Speech

Magazine article; New Statesman, Vol. 139, February 8, 2010

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Collins, Phil--Political activity, Historians--Political aspects, Howe, Geoffrey--Political activity, Leadership--Political aspects, Prime ministers--Political aspects

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The Single, Brilliant Idea: Great Oratory Is the Mark of a Great Leader. Sophie...professional speechwriter, says that "good oratory is a sign of being a great leader" and...himself- for a single word that pinned his oratory together: "change". Favreau is now...
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No Room in the Oratory

Magazine article by G. Macdonald Young; Commonweal, Vol. 121, December 16, 1994

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Catholic Church in United Kingdom--Churches, mosques, synagogues, etc., Christmas service--Personal narratives, London, England--Churches, mosques, synagogues, etc.

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No room in the oratory by G. MacDonald Young British reserve...midnight Mass on Christmas Eve at Brompton Oratory, that great baroque fastness of English...Oxford accent by the unseen rector of the Oratory. We were, of course, observed. Reactions...
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A Masterpiece of American Oratory

Magazine article by Norman Podhoretz; The American Spectator, Vol. 39, November 2006

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Inaugurations, Nonfiction, Speech

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A Masterpiece of American Oratory by Norman Podhoretz GEORGE W. BUSH has been "misunderestimated...that it will ultimately be acclaimed as a masterpiece of American oratory, worthy of a place beside Lincolns second Inaugural-which, incidentally...
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Fiery Oratory on the Capitol Steps

Magazine article by John Kuhn; School Administrator, Vol. 68, September 2011

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Legislators--Education policy, School districts--Government finance, School superintendents--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, School superintendents--Practice

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Fiery Oratory on the Capitol Steps. by John Kuhn SCENARIO: John Kuhn, superintendent of the Perrin-Whitt Consolidated Independent School...

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Newspaper Articles on: oratory

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A Gay Priest Who Died of Aids, Claims of Child Abuse, a Boy's Suicide - the Dark Secrets of London's Top Catholic School; (1) the Blairs' Choice: Cherie with Euan, Who Was Deputy Head Boy at the Oratory (2) Unholy Row: The Oratory in Fulham Is One of Britain's Leading Roman Catholic State Schools but the Dumping of an Aids Charity This Week Has Resurrected a Scandal That Followed the Death of Father David Martin (Above)

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), November 9, 2007

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Charitable trusts, Child abuse, International economic relations, Martin, David, Suicide

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Cherie with Euan, Who Was Deputy Head Boy at the Oratory (2) Unholy Row: The Oratory in Fulham Is One of Britains Leading Roman Catholic...DOVKANTS THE jealously-guarded serenity of the Oratory School, Londons premierCatholic state school...
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Oratory 'To Expel Pupils in YouTube Cannabis Video'

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 10, 2007

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Marijuana, Video recordings

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Oratory To Expel Pupils in YouTube Cannabis Video...expulsion for taking drugs. Today the London Oratory School said a group of boys aged 15 were...YouTube, spread among other pupils. The Oratory, in Fulham, is a voluntary-aided Roman...
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Oratory Is Big Talk of the Solario

Newspaper article; The People (London, England), August 24, 2008

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Horse racing, Horse-racing

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Oratory Is Big Talk of the Solario. Byline: LARRY LYNXS...Redback in recent years - and now the promising ORATORY is set to take his chance. Successful at Salisbury on his second outing, Oratory should have followed up at Newbury, where he...
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Oratory Is Big Talk of the Solario; LARRY LYNX'S Talk of the Downs

Newspaper article; The People (London, England), August 24, 2008

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Horse racing, Horse-racing

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Oratory Is Big Talk of the Solario; LARRY LYNXS Talk...Redback in recent years - and now the promising ORATORY is set to take his chance. Successful at Salisbury on his second outing, Oratory should have followed up at Newbury, where he...
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Oratory Now on World Map

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), September 23, 2010

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Oratory Now on World Map. Byline: CHRISUPTON...Henry Newman, and his courtesy call at The Oratory, directed the worlds attention to the...Birmingham University that I first visited the Oratory. They used to send the novice priests...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: oratory

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Oratory

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

ORATORY the art of swaying an audience by eloquent speech. In ancient Greece and Rome oratory was included under the term rhetoric, which...composing as well as delivering a speech. Oratory first appeared in the law courts of Athens...
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Oratory, Congregation of The

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

ORATORY, CONGREGATION OF THE Lat. abbr., Cong...by St. Philip Neri . The purpose of the oratory is to raise local religious standards...the confessional; and preaching, every oratory having daily sermons. Confessions are...
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Newman, John Henry

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...divinity. He entered the Oratorians (see Oratory, Congregation of the ) and came back...the church in England by means of the Oratory. After living at various places he settled...outskirts of Birmingham); there, in the Oratory he founded, he remained the rest of his...
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Counter Reformation

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...nucleus was a society of priests and laymen, the Oratory of Divine Love, founded (1497) at Genoa for charitable...reaching local movement in the reformation was the Oratory (see Oratory, Congregation of the ) of St. Philip Neri . Catholicism...
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Caesar, Julius

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...quickly gained popularity with his party and a reputation for oratory. In 74 b.c. he went into Asia to repulse a Cappadocian...little doubt. He excelled in war, in statesmanship, and in oratory. His literary works are highly esteemed. Of Caesars literary...

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