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In this flavorful and perceptive study of the American orator, Barnet Baskerville makes an inquiry into American attitudes toward orators and oratory and the reflection of these attitudes in speaking practices. He examines the role of the orator in society and the kinds or qualities of oratory that were dominant in each period of American history, and he looks into the nature and importance of oratory as perceived by audiences and by speakers themselves. By examining this “public image” of the orator, the author is able to tell us much about the people who drew that image.
Barnet Baskerville is professor of speech communication at the University of Washington.
Publication Date
1979
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Place of Publication
Lexington, KY
ISBN
9780813151137
eISBN
9780813162034
Keywords
Oratory, American oratory
Disciplines
Social History
Recommended Citation
Baskerville, Barnet, "The People's Voice: The Orator in American Society" (1979). Social History. 3.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_social_history/3
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