Advances in the History of Rhetoric Jan 2009

Collocutio: Transformational Speeches

Cezar M. Ornatowski ; Noemi Marin

Abstract

AbstractTransformational speeches represent the relationship between rhetoric and history, particularly attempts to exert control at moments of change in the life of a political community. Such speeches re-imagine the definition, principles, or motivation of a community. They also enlarge the scope and vocabulary of political speech. Finally, they interpret or constitute situations at the boundary between past and future. Collected in this Collocutio are fresh translations of historically significant transformational speeches from Bulgaria, Cuba, Mexico, Poland, and Romania.

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Advances in the History of Rhetoric
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2009-01-01
DOI
10.1080/15362426.2009.10597385
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