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The Prophetic Tradition and Radical Rhetoric in America.

This expansive volume traces the rhetoric of reform across American history, examining such pivotal periods as the American Revolution, slavery, McCarthyism, and today's gay liberation movement. At a time when social movements led by religious leaders, from Louis Farrakhan to Pat Buchanan, are...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Darsey, James
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 1997.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface; 1 Radical Rhetoric and American Community : Threnody for Sophrosyne; Part I; 2 Old Testament Prophecy as Radical Ursprach; 3 Prophecy as Sacred Truth : Self-Evidence and Righteousness inthe American Revolution; 4 Prophecy as Krisis : Wendell Phillips and the Sin of Slavery; 5 The Prophet's Call and His Burden : The Passion of Eugene V. Debs; Part II; 6 The Word in Darkness; 7 A Vision of the Apocalypse : Joe McCarthy's Rhetoric of the Fantastic; 8 Prophecy as Poetry : The Romantic Vision of Robert Welch; 9 Secular Argument and the Language of Commodity : Gay Liberation and Merely Civil Rights; 10 The Seraph and the Snake.