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1 online resource (350 pages) |
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Studies in rhetoric/communication |
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Studies in rhetoric/communication.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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-source research into the public and private writings of such well-known and widely read American historians as Frederick Jackson Turner, Alfred Thayer Mahan, and Allan Nevins, Carpenter examines what happens to this inherently credible medium when rhetorical prowess helps shape the writing of history. He also evaluates the power that such discourse exercises on the public at large and on individuals empowered with making public policy |
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Carpenter explicates the roles of style and narrative in enabling the writers of history to persuade through "opinion leadership," a process whereby historical writing authoritatively corroborates what people have learned from other sources. Carpenter portrays several American historians as successful opinion leaders who, at pivotal points in time, persuaded readers with their discourse |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-341) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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Literary style
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History -- Methodology.
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Historiography.
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History.
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Narration (Rhetoric) -- Methodology
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History
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Historiography
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history (discipline)
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historiography.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
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REFERENCE -- Writing Skills.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing.
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History
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Historiography
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History -- Methodology
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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Literary style
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Geschiedschrijving.
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Historici.
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Retorica.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
94018749 |
| ISBN |
0585354480 |
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9780585354484 |
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