Lend me your ears : great speeches in history by Safire, William, 1929-2009. Through his exploration of great speeches, Fender paints the picture of two simultaneous and free-standing visions of American identity, offering a sophisticated look at American ideological history. An illustration of two cells of a film strip. He also looks at the notion of the “great American speech” in popular culture, exploring both the usual places-such as movie courtroom scenes-where it pops up, as well as its unexpected ubiquity in adventure films, thrillers, or any story where equality and justice come under threat. He examines the inaugural speeches of early presidents such as John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, moving to Abraham Lincoln’s arguments-at once logical and passionate-for maintaining the Union, and then on to the twentieth century’s great orators, such as John F. In this fascinating look at America’s most memorable speeches-which have become monuments in national memory-Stephen Fender explores the ways American speechcraft has kept alive a dream of equality and cooperation in the face of economic forces that have favored competition and the pursuit to get ahead.īeginning with the early American settlers and the two contrasting visions they set out-one competitive, the other cooperative-Fender traces the development of the latter through a series of dramatic addresses. It may not seem so at first, but there is a startling gap between these two visions of America, one more evident in today’s fiercely partisan politics that pit free enterprise against social justice. If you enjoy audiobooks, we have some great ways to browse titles. The land of the free and home of the brave, America is also the country in which this truth is supposedly self-evident: that we are all equal. Lend Me Your Ears Great Speeches in History Revised & Expanded Edition Hardcover by William Safire (Author) 140 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover 92.95 2 Used from 13.13 4 New from 45.67 The definitive compendium of classic oratory-a book for and of the ages now made even richer and more contemporary. Finally, having two teenagers myself, I must say that audiobooks are the ONLY way my.
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