The prophetic tradition and radical rhetoric in America / James Darsey.
| Author/creator | Darsey, James Francis |
| Other author | American Council of Learned Societies. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : New York University Press, |
| Description | xii, 279 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Radical rhetoric and American community : threnody for Sophrosyne -- Old Testament prophecy as radical ursprach -- Prophecy as sacred truth : self-evidence and righteousness in the American Revolution -- Prophecy as krisis : Wendell Phillips and the sin of slavery -- The prophet's call and his burden : the passion of Eugene V. Debs -- The word in darkness -- A vision of the apocalypse : Joe McCarthy's rhetoric of the fantastic -- Prophecy as poetry : the romantic vision of Robert Welch -- Secular argument and the language of commodity : gay liberation and merely civil rights -- The seraph and the snake. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-267) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 97004772 |
| ISBN | 0814718760 (acid-free paper) |