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1 online resource (448 pages) |
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Lexington Studies in Political Communication |
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Lexington studies in political communication.
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Coming to Terms; Contents; Credits; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Editor's Note; Introduction; 1. Coming to Terms; 2. A Critic on Criticism; 3. In the Presence of the Word (SCA Presidential Address); Section One: Some Beginnings; 4. Energy and Form; An Introduction; The "Energy" of Form; Toward a Developmental Model of Form: ABC's Treatment of the Reagan Inaugural and Iranian Hostage Release as Oxymoron; 5. The Nature of Language; Burke and Coleridge Revisited; Magic and Mystery in the Works of Kenneth Burke; 6. Developing Style; An Introduction to Style for the Public Speaker |
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The Influence of Mode, Sub-Mode and Speaker Predilectionon Style, an excerptState Legislator as Debater: Lincoln, 1834-1842; 7. Metaphor and Naming; The Search for the 1972 Democratic Nomination: A Metaphorical Perspective; Naming and Name Calling as Acts of Definition: Political Campaigns and the 1988 Presidential Debates; Section Two: Creating and Expanding Burkean Frameworks; 8. Exploring Burkean Terms; An Introduction and Reflections; Pivotal Terms in the Early Works of Kenneth Burke; 9. Burke and the Ecological Frame; Introduction to "Kenneth Burke on Ecology." |
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Kenneth Burke on Ecology: A Synthesis10. Pentadic Movements; Working with Jane Blankenship: The Transformation of Student to Scholar; The 1980 Republican Primary Debates: The Transformation of Actor to Scene; The Transformation of Actor to Scene: Some Strategic Grounds of the Reagan Legacy; Section 3: Identifying Women in Electoral Politics; 11. A General Overview; A "Feminine Style" in Women's Political Discourse: An Exploratory Essay; The Sites and Sounds of Change: The Political Discourse of Women in Electoral Politics; 12. Women Making a Difference |
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The People Will Save Themselves: Helen Gahagan Douglas' Jealousy for DemocracyOn Not Accepting "Apologies"; 13. Transforming the Political Landscape; An Introduction to Coming to Terms; On Coming to Terms with Terms: The 1984 Ferraro Campaign; Our Candidate/Ourselves; Section 4: Composing an Academic Life; 14. Inspiring Teachers; Karl R. Wallace: The Giver of Good Reasons; The Song of the Open Road: Marie Hochmuth Nichols as Teacher; 15. Moving Toward the Future; Communications in the Year 2000: As Usual, Some Questions about Means and Ends |
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Keeping the Faith: On Being a Teacher-Scholar in the 20th Century, Building an Academic DisciplineOn Imaging the Future: The Secular Search for "Piety"; Afterword; Select Bibliography; Current Contributors; Index |
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Coming to Terms: The Collected Works of Jane Blankenship, is an edited collection from Jane Blankenship and Janette Kenner Muir which provides a deeper understanding of how an academic life is composed-how ideas begin as simple seeds, germinating into a fully blossomed life; how career pathways often start by chance, by being in the right place at the right time; and how one must take risks while moving toward the future. These lessons reveal a brilliant career of a woman deeply committed to the life of the mind and the fostering of f |
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Print version record |
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American wit and humor.
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Oral communication.
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Public speaking.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
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REFERENCE -- Writing Skills.
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American wit and humor
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Oral communication
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Public speaking
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Muir, Janette Kenner
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Sweeney, Barbara
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Abbott, Don Paul
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Rosenwasser, Marie
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Murphy, Edward
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Metcalf, Eric
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Fine, Marlene
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Davis, Les
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Robson, Deborah
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James, Shelly
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White, Cindy
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| ISBN |
9780739145708 |
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0739145703 |
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