Genteel rhetoric : writing high culture in nineteenth-century Boston

Genteel rhetoric : writing high culture in nineteenth-century Boston / Dorothy C. Broaddus.

Author/creator	Broaddus, Dorothy C.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, ©1999.
Description	xiii, 136 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911--Technique. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894--Technique. Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891--Technique. Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882--Technique. American literature--Massachusetts --Boston --History and criticism. Rhetoric--Social aspects --Massachusetts --Boston --History --19th century. English language--Rhetoric --Study and teaching --Massachusetts --Boston. Language and culture--Massachusetts --Boston --History --19th century. Unitarians--Massachusetts --Boston --Intellectual life. Boston (Mass.)--Intellectual life --19th century.

Series	Studies in rhetoric/communication Studies in rhetoric/communication. ^A235916
Contents	Preface -- Introduction: rhetoric and culture -- Teaching and preaching culture and character -- Authorizing high culture, authorizing self -- Elevation and degradation -- Rhetoric and war -- Works cited -- Index .
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-129) and index.
LCCN	98019678
ISBN	1570032440

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PS255.B6 B76 1999	✔ Available	Place Hold