America's Great Age of Rhetoric, 1770-1860

Advocacy, Conceptualization, Institutionalization
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-90-04-69559-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 18, 714 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 1089 g

Reihe: International Studies in the History of Rhetoric

This book analyzes the advocacy, conceptualization, and institutionalization of rhetoric from 1770 to 1860. Among the forces promoting advocacy was the need for oratory calling for independence, the belief that using rhetoric was the way to succeed in biblical interpretation and preaching, and the desire for rhetoric as entertainment. Conceptually, leaders followed classical and German rhetoricians in viewing rhetoric as an art of ethical choice. Institutionally, a rhetorician such as Ebenezer Porter called for the development of organizations at all levels, a “sociology of rhetoric.” Orville Dewey highlighted the passion for rhetoric, calling his times “the age of eloquence.”

Autoren/Hrsg.

D Whitburn, Merrill

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

2 Pietism and the First Great Awakening: Preludes to the Rise of Rhetoric

1 The Halle Pietist Revival

2 Pietism and the First Great Awakening

3 Rhetoric at Yale

1 Dwight’s Primary Goals in Advancing the Millennium

2 Dwight’s Role in the Rise of Rhetoric

3 The Continuation of Dwight’s Legacy by Others

4 Rhetoric at Harvard and Its Beginnings at Andover

1 Years before and during the Development of Phillips Academy

2 Harvard Initiatives

3 The Creation of Andover Theological Seminary and the Immediate Aftermath

5 The Further Rise of Rhetoric and Importation of German Learning at Harvard

1 Ebeling and Adams

2 Buckminster and the Anthology Club

3 Everett and Ticknor

4 The Cogswell-Bancroft Circle

5 Felton, Follen, and Gardiner

6 Andover’s Encounter with Rhetoric and Philosophy from Germany

1 Freedom of Inquiry to Import German Learning at Andover

2 The Conflict between Rhetoric and Philosophy in Classical Antiquity

3 Encyclopedias and Other Descriptions of German Universities

4 Andover Translations of Two German Rhetorics

7 Ebenezer Porter’s Cosmic Rhetoric

1 Rhetorical Foundations in Porter’s Early Life

2 The Importance of Preaching and Rhetoric

3 The Visible Rhetoric of a Preacher’s Life

4 Organizational or Sociological Rhetoric

5 Some Aspects of a Rhetoric of Expression

8 Andover’s Contributions to the Modern University

1 The Concept of the University

2 Financial Aid

3 Andover’s Importation of Books and Leading Role in Librarianship

4 Research

5 Andover’s Press

9 The Rhetorical Context for the Yale Reports of 1828

1 The Impact of the Rise of Rhetoric on the Goals of Yale’s Reports

2 The Importance of Faculty Psychology and Its Roots in Rhetoric

3 The Lack of Originality and Influence of the Reports

4 Rejection of Some Negative Views of the Reports

10 Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Merrill D. Whitburn, Ph.D. (1973), is Professor Emeritus and former Louis Ellsworth Laflin Professor of English and Chair of the Department of Language, Literature, and Communication at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His publications in rhetoric include Rhetorical Scope and Performance (2000).