Overview

This first systematic critique on the rhetoric of 21 presidents shows how political constraints shaped rhetoric and how oratory shaped politics. An introduction places American public address in the context of classical rhetorical practices and theory and sets the stage for the bio-critical essays about presidents ranging from Washington to Clinton. Experts analyze the style and use of language, important speeches and their impact, and their ethical ramifications. Each essay on a president also keys major speeches to authoritative texts and offers a chronology and bibliography of primary and secondary sources. For students, teachers, and professionals in American public address, political communication, and the presidency.

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Author:   Halford R. Ryan ,  Halford Ryan
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Greenwood Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9780313290596

ISBN 10:   0313290598
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   27 June 1995
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Undergraduate ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments An Introduction to Presidential Oratory U.S. Presidents as Orators George Washington by Stephen E. Lucas and Susan Zaeske John Adams by James M. Farrell Thomas Jefferson by Daniel Ross Chandler James Madison by Lois J. Einhorn John Quincy Adams by Sean Patrick O'Rourke Andrew Jackson by Thomas M. Lessl Abraham Lincoln by Lois J. Einhorn Theodore Roosevelt by Robert V. Friedenberg Woodrow Wilson by J. Michael Hogan and James R. Andrews Herbert Clark Hoover by Carl R. Burgchardt Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Halford Ryan Harry S. Truman by Halford Ryan Dwight D. Eisenhower by Martin J. Medhurst John Fitzgerald Kennedy by Vito N. Silvestri Lyndon Baines Johnson by Kenneth S. Zagacki Richard Milhous Nixon by Hal W. Bochin Gerald R. Ford by Craig Allen Smith Jimmy Carter by Dan F. Hahn and Halford Ryan Ronald Reagan by Kurt Ritter George Herbert Walker Bush by Craig R. Smith Bill Clinton by Stephen C. Wood and Jean M. DeWitt Index About the Editors and Contributors

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HALFORD RYAN, Professor of English and Public Speaking at Washington and Lee University, is well known for his many books and articles dealing with presidential rhetoric and the history and criticism of American public address. His recent works published by Greenwood Press include The Inaugural Addresses of Twentieth-Century American Presidents (1993), American Orators of the Twentieth Century: Critical Studies and Sources (1987), American Orators Before 1900: Critical Studies and Sources (1987) coedited with Bernard Duffy, Harry S. Truman: Presidential Rhetoric (1992), Franklin D. Roosevelt's Rhetorical Presidency (1988), and Oratorical Encounters: Selected Studies and Sources on Twentieth Century Political Accusations and Apologies (1988). He also serves as Adviser for Greenwood's Great American Orators Series.

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