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Oratory and Rhetoric in the Nineteenth-Century South - A Rhetoric of Defense (Hardcover, New)
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Oratory and Rhetoric in the Nineteenth-Century South - A Rhetoric of Defense (Hardcover, New)
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The only modern collection of speeches by southerners on the themes
that have shaped the history and culture of the region, this
anthology, which spans eighty tumultuous years of southern history,
reflects the strategies of southern orators as they attempted to
defend the indefensible, as well as those few who advocated a more
compassionate South. Southern leaders were judged largely by their
oratorical ability and their skills in defending the southern way
of life. Accordingly, they placed much emphasis on developing
consummate rhetorical skills. Thus, one can read the history of the
region in the speeches of its politicians, ministers, and other
public figures. Beginning in 1820 with the debates over the
admission of Missouri to the Union, many southerners took a
defensive posture against those forces from outside the region
which they saw as threats to their culture. While the rhetoric of
most southern leaders was clearly defensive, one must remember that
they were dealing with the difficult issues of slavery; the
relationship of federal and state government; their vision of the
ideal society; the coming civil war and its aftermath; and living
in a defeated, desolate, war-torn region. As demagogic, defensive,
and archaic as they may seem today, these speakers developed and
expanded patterns of thought and rhetorical strategy that echoed
throughout the region. The collective memory that they created
would shape their contemporaries and affect the lives of
generations to follow.
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