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CONTENTS
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Jay Fliegelman
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
- CONTENTS xv
- Figures xvii
- Introduction 1
- Jefferson's Pauses 4
- The Elocutionary Revolution 28
- Soft Compulsion 35
- Harmonies: Homer, Fugues, and Chairs 63
- Natural Theatricality 79
- The Figure of Patrick Henry 94
- Social Leveling and Stage Fright 107
- Private Lives and Public Scrutiny 120
- Agency and the Invention of Responsibility 140
- Dialectical Words 150
- Plagiarism, Authorship, and Improvement 164
- The Oratorical Ideal, Racial Politics, and the Making of Americans 189
- Epilogue 196
- Appendix: The Declaration 203
- Notes 211
- Works Cited 239
- Index 255
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
- CONTENTS xv
- Figures xvii
- Introduction 1
- Jefferson's Pauses 4
- The Elocutionary Revolution 28
- Soft Compulsion 35
- Harmonies: Homer, Fugues, and Chairs 63
- Natural Theatricality 79
- The Figure of Patrick Henry 94
- Social Leveling and Stage Fright 107
- Private Lives and Public Scrutiny 120
- Agency and the Invention of Responsibility 140
- Dialectical Words 150
- Plagiarism, Authorship, and Improvement 164
- The Oratorical Ideal, Racial Politics, and the Making of Americans 189
- Epilogue 196
- Appendix: The Declaration 203
- Notes 211
- Works Cited 239
- Index 255