Culture of Eloquence: Oratory and Reform in Antebellum America - James Perrin Warren - Books - Pennsylvania State University Press - 9780271019000 - December 14, 1999
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Culture of Eloquence: Oratory and Reform in Antebellum America


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A cultural history of the reforming power of language, based on a study of non-fiction prose of the 1830s - 1850s, in particular orations and lectures. Practices that crossed boundaries of gender, race and class show how diverse sectors of American society valued the word as a means toward reform.


272 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released December 14, 1999
ISBN13 9780271019000
Publishers Pennsylvania State University Press
Pages 216
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 20 mm   ·   513 g

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