The art of great speeches : and why we remember them / Dennis Glover.

By:

Glover, Dennis

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 259 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781139161169
1139161164
9781139151412
113915141X
9781139157353
1139157353
9781139159111
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9781283342315
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9781107213289
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9781139152686
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9781139155601
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9781139160179
9786613342317
6613342319

Other title:

Great speeches
Art of great speeches and why we remember them

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Art of great speeches.DDC classification:

808.51 23

LOC classification:

PN4021 .G56 2011eb

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Contents:

To save a republic -- Speech: the essence of democracy -- Forum -- Style -- Emotion -- Character -- Evidence -- Morality -- Gettysburg -- Speechwriter -- Conclusion: the ideal orator.

Summary: "The Art of Great Speeches uses insights from classical thinkers to reveal how great orators such as Barack Obama, Martin Luther King, the Kennedys, Al Gore and Hitler persuaded their audiences with such conviction. Featuring excerpts from 70 of the world's greatest and most controversial speeches in history and drama, this fascinating book breaks down the key elements of classical and modern oratory to reveal the rhetorical techniques that make them so memorable. It shows how master speechwriters connect with their audiences, seize a moment, project character, use facts convincingly and destroy their opponents' arguments as they try to force the hand of history or create memorable drama."--Publishers description

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

To save a republic -- Speech: the essence of democracy -- Forum -- Style -- Emotion -- Character -- Evidence -- Morality -- Gettysburg -- Speechwriter -- Conclusion: the ideal orator.

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"The Art of Great Speeches uses insights from classical thinkers to reveal how great orators such as Barack Obama, Martin Luther King, the Kennedys, Al Gore and Hitler persuaded their audiences with such conviction. Featuring excerpts from 70 of the world's greatest and most controversial speeches in history and drama, this fascinating book breaks down the key elements of classical and modern oratory to reveal the rhetorical techniques that make them so memorable. It shows how master speechwriters connect with their audiences, seize a moment, project character, use facts convincingly and destroy their opponents' arguments as they try to force the hand of history or create memorable drama."--Publishers description

English.

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