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History as rhetoric : style, narrative, and persuasion /
In the realm of the written word, Ronald Carpenter reserves a privileged place for historical writing. He contends that because of its assumed credibility, historical writing holds sway over the present attitudes and future actions of the general public and world leaders. Through extensive primary-s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Columbia, S.C. :
University of South Carolina Press,
©1995.
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| Colección: | Studies in rhetoric/communication.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Ch. 1. On Style and Narrative in History: A Rhetorical Perspective
- pt. I. Historians as Rhetorical Stylists.
- Ch. 2. Frederick Jackson Turner and the Oratorical Origins of Persuasive Style in the Frontier Thesis.
- Ch. 3. Carl Becker and the Epigrammatic Force of Style in Epideictic History: An Overt Impact.
- Ch. 4. Alfred Thayer Mahan's Style in History as a Persuasive Paramessage: A Subtle Impress
- pt. II. The Rhetoric of Narrative in History.
- Ch. 5. Alfred Thayer Mahan as Opinion Leader for the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor: Narrative Fidelity with Fact.
- Ch. 6. Frank L. Owsley Competes Rhetorically but Unsuccessfully for the Hearts and Minds of the South: Narrative Fidelity and Myth.
- Ch. 7. Barbara Tuchman, John Kennedy, and Why "The Missiles of October" Did Not Become The Guns of August: Narrative Fidelity from Archetypal Story Form
- pt. III. Historians in a Stream of Time.
- Ch. 8. History and the Frontier Metaphor for War in American Society: From Syntax through Archetype.