The Keys of Power The Rhetoric and Politics of Transcendentalism

A critical rhetorical history of American Transcendentalists that interprets a selection of their major works between the years 1821 and 1852 as political and ethical responses to the growing crises of their times. Nathan Crick argues that one of the legacies of the Transcendentalist movement is the multifaceted understanding of transcendental eloquence as a distinct rhetorical genre.

About the author

Nathan Crick is a professor in the Communication Department at Texas A&M University. He is the author of Rhetoric and Power: The Drama of Classical Greece, and Democracy and Rhetoric: John Dewey on the Arts of Becoming (both published by the University of South Carolina Press), and Rhetorical Public Speaking: Civic Engagement in the Digital Age.

Summary

A critical rhetorical history of American Transcendentalists that interprets a selection of their major works between the years 1821 and 1852 as political and ethical responses to the growing crises of their times. Nathan Crick argues that one of the legacies of the Transcendentalist movement is the multifaceted understanding of transcendental eloquence as a distinct rhetorical genre.

Product details

• Authors: Nathan Crick, Nathan Crick
• Publisher: Univ of south carolina press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.08.2017
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics
• EAN: 9781611177787
• ISBN: 978-1-61117-778-7
• Pages: 288
• Series: Studies in Comparative Religion; Studies in Comparative Religio; Studies in Comparative Religion; Studies in Comparative Religio; Studies in Rhetoric & Communic
• Subjects: Semantik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric; PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Transcendentalism