Author : Halford R. Ryan
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Oratorical Encounters by : Halford R. Ryan
Download or read book Oratorical Encounters written by Halford R. Ryan and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1988-02-24 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first of its kind in the field of rhetoric, this book examines important speech encounters in the political life of twentieth-century America. The essays focus on significant speakers who have delivered political accusations against their opponents and on the orators who, in turn, have delivered apologies in order to protect their political standing. The essays treat these speech encounters as oratorical confrontations. Both accusatory and defending speeches are used to illuminate one another and to provide unique insight into the outcome of the encounters themselves. Each essay concludes with a bibliography of research materials, sources, and locations of speech texts.