Author: John Trumbull
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Languages : en
Pages : 236
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The Poetical Works of John Trumbull
Author: John Trumbull
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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The Colonnade...
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Languages : en
Pages : 606
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Languages : en
Pages : 606
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The Satiric Poems of John Trumbull
Author: Edwin T. Bowden
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292769911
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
John Trumbull, the colonial American satiric poet, is one of the most readable, and certainly one of the most amusing, of our early men of letters. His poems, with all their wit and bite, bring back to life again the days of the Revolutionary War—powdered wigs, flirting belles, political quarrels, town meetings, brawling mobs, inept generals, flaming national purpose, and all. And if the colonial period seems a long way back in time, his satiric poem on the Progress of Dulness in education will show that time—or at least time in the colleges—has not moved so fast after all. Trumbull's two long poems, so important to the beginnings of America's national poetry and to an understanding of America's literary heritage, were out of print for a number of years and had, in fact, never before been accurately reprinted from the original versions. Here they are available, complete with the original biting prefaces, in a dependable text for the scholar, annotated for the general reader interested in the literature and history of the American eighteenth century. The annotation is inclusive but kept to a minimum.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292769911
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
John Trumbull, the colonial American satiric poet, is one of the most readable, and certainly one of the most amusing, of our early men of letters. His poems, with all their wit and bite, bring back to life again the days of the Revolutionary War—powdered wigs, flirting belles, political quarrels, town meetings, brawling mobs, inept generals, flaming national purpose, and all. And if the colonial period seems a long way back in time, his satiric poem on the Progress of Dulness in education will show that time—or at least time in the colleges—has not moved so fast after all. Trumbull's two long poems, so important to the beginnings of America's national poetry and to an understanding of America's literary heritage, were out of print for a number of years and had, in fact, never before been accurately reprinted from the original versions. Here they are available, complete with the original biting prefaces, in a dependable text for the scholar, annotated for the general reader interested in the literature and history of the American eighteenth century. The annotation is inclusive but kept to a minimum.
A Catalogue Of The Books Belonging To The Library Company Of Philadelphia; To Which Is Prefixed A Short Account Of The Institution, With The Charter Laws And Regulations
Author: Library Company of Philadelphia
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Category : Proprietary libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 658
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Category : Proprietary libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 658
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Rhetoric and the Republic
Author: Mark Garrett Longaker
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817315470
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Casts a revealing light on modern cultural conflicts through the lens of rhetorical education. Contemporary efforts to revitalize the civic mission of higher education in America have revived an age-old republican tradition of teaching students to be responsible citizens, particularly through the study of rhetoric, composition, and oratory. This book examines the political, cultural, economic, and religious agendas that drove the various—and often conflicting—curricula and contrasting visions of what good citizenship entails. Mark Garrett Longaker argues that higher education more than 200 years ago allowed actors with differing political and economic interests to wrestle over the fate of American citizenship. Then, as today, there was widespread agreement that civic training was essential in higher education, but there were also sharp differences in the various visions of what proper republic citizenship entailed and how to prepare for it. Longaker studies in detail the specific trends in rhetorical education offered at various early institutions—such as Yale, Columbia, Pennsylvania, and William and Mary—with analyses of student lecture notes, classroom activities, disputation exercises, reading lists, lecture outlines, and literary society records. These documents reveal an extraordinary range of economic and philosophical interests and allegiances—agrarian, commercial, spiritual, communal, and belletristic—specific to each institution. The findings challenge and complicate a widely held belief that early-American civic education occurred in a halcyon era of united democratic republicanism. Recognition that there are multiple ways to practice democratic citizenship and to enact democratic discourse, historically as well as today, best serves the goal of civic education, Longaker argues. Rhetoric and the Republic illuminates an important historical moment in the history of American education and dramatically highlights rhetorical education as a key site in the construction of democracy.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817315470
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Casts a revealing light on modern cultural conflicts through the lens of rhetorical education. Contemporary efforts to revitalize the civic mission of higher education in America have revived an age-old republican tradition of teaching students to be responsible citizens, particularly through the study of rhetoric, composition, and oratory. This book examines the political, cultural, economic, and religious agendas that drove the various—and often conflicting—curricula and contrasting visions of what good citizenship entails. Mark Garrett Longaker argues that higher education more than 200 years ago allowed actors with differing political and economic interests to wrestle over the fate of American citizenship. Then, as today, there was widespread agreement that civic training was essential in higher education, but there were also sharp differences in the various visions of what proper republic citizenship entailed and how to prepare for it. Longaker studies in detail the specific trends in rhetorical education offered at various early institutions—such as Yale, Columbia, Pennsylvania, and William and Mary—with analyses of student lecture notes, classroom activities, disputation exercises, reading lists, lecture outlines, and literary society records. These documents reveal an extraordinary range of economic and philosophical interests and allegiances—agrarian, commercial, spiritual, communal, and belletristic—specific to each institution. The findings challenge and complicate a widely held belief that early-American civic education occurred in a halcyon era of united democratic republicanism. Recognition that there are multiple ways to practice democratic citizenship and to enact democratic discourse, historically as well as today, best serves the goal of civic education, Longaker argues. Rhetoric and the Republic illuminates an important historical moment in the history of American education and dramatically highlights rhetorical education as a key site in the construction of democracy.
The Port Folio
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Category : Philadelphia (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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Category : Philadelphia (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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A Critical Dictionary of English Literature
Author: Austin Allibone
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368132199
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368132199
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.
The Port Folio, by Oliver Oldschool
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 570
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Languages : en
Pages : 570
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Sale
Author: Anderson Galleries, Inc
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 568
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 568
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The Poetical Works of John Milton
Author: John Milton
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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