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Warriors' Words: A Consideration of Language and Leadership - Couverture rigide

Felton, Keith S.

 
9780275949921: Warriors' Words: A Consideration of Language and Leadership
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ISBN 10 : 0275949923 ISBN 13 : 9780275949921
Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 1995

Synopsis

Public discourse receives the concerted attention of linguists, political analysts, and others involved with language as a persuasive tool of communication. Yet sometimes overlooked is the fact that the impact of much modern political communication comes from aesthetic attributes. Effectiveness of delivery, poetry of expression, and emotional investment of the rhetorician give the audience a gauge for determining the speaker's sincerity.

Warriors' Words examines leadership in the present century by scrutinizing the oral and written communications of 15 remarkable individuals at critical periods of their lives. Drawing on the words of Mohandas Gandhi, Clarence Darrow, Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, Joseph McCarthy, Adlai Stevenson, and Martin Luther King, among others, the author shows how language can dramatically transform listeners into agents of change. Moreover, the author analyzes how exemplary rhetoric can promote the development of motivation, the refinement of thought, and the binding together of peoples into positive forces for action. This study of the use and impact of words by significant social figures will be of interest to all students of rhetoric, politics, and history.

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À propos de l'auteur

KEITH SPENCER FELTON's published works include a prize-winning play and internationally-syndicated articles for the Los Angeles Times Book Review. A past recipient of the Phelan Award in Literature for a novel, Felton holds degrees in writing from Grinnell College and the University of California at Los Angeles. Presently he is working on a book about English diarists and European languages.

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Éditeur
Praeger Publishers Inc
Date d'édition
1995
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0275949923
ISBN 13 
9780275949921
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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