From Tourist to Planner: Preparing for Affect in Henri Dunant’s<i>A Memory of Solferino</i>

Rhetoric Review Oct 2015

From Tourist to Planner: Preparing for Affect in Henri Dunant’s<i>A Memory of Solferino</i>

Matthew Newcomb SUNY New Paltz

Abstract

Henri Dunant visited Italy to find Napoleon III in order to make a financial appeal. Shortly after Dunant’s arrival, he witnessed the 1859 Battle of Solferino, a particularly brutal moment in the attempts to unify Italy. From witnessing the battle and the care for the wounded, Dunant wrote A Memory of Solferino to call for a peacetime organization that would better administer care for the wounded. In his appeal Dunant counts on significant affective responses from his audience, yet he emphasizes administration and planning as the way to manage and channel the overwhelming affective responses that come from war.

Journal: Rhetoric Review
Published: 2015-10-02
DOI: 10.1080/07350198.2015.1073562
Open Access: Closed
Topics: affect and writing

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