The prophetic tradition and radical rhetoric in America

The prophetic tradition and radical rhetoric in America / James Darsey.

Author/creator	Darsey, James Francis
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : New York University Press, ©1997.
Description	xii, 279 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Political oratory--Social aspects --United States. Rhetoric--Social aspects --United States. Radicalism--United States. Prophecy--Social aspects --United States. Social problems--United States. United States--Social conditions --1980-2020

Contents	Radical rhetoric and American community : threnody for Sophrosyne -- Old Testament prophecy as radical ursprach -- Prophecy as sacred truth : self-evidence and righteousness in the American Revolution -- Prophecy as krisis : Wendell Phillips and the sin of slavery -- The prophet's call and his burden : the passion of Eugene V. Debs -- The word in darkness -- A vision of the apocalypse : Joe McCarthy's rhetoric of the fantastic -- Prophecy as poetry : the romantic vision of Robert Welch -- Secular argument and the language of commodity : gay liberation and merely civil rights -- The seraph and the snake.
Local note	Little-316918--3051310169680
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-267) and index.
LCCN	97004772
ISBN	0814718760 (acid-free paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PN4055.U53 D37 1997	✔ Available	Place Hold