Part 1 Jefferson's Philosophy of the Rhetoric of Virtue Chapter 2 Introduction of Jefferson to the World of Rhetoric Chapter 3 The Role of Virtue in Discourse Chapter 4 Principles of Argumentation and the Generation of Understanding Chapter 5 Social Affections and the Stimulation of the Imagination and the Passions Chapter 6 Channeling the Message Chapter 7 Private Discourse and Poetics Chapter 8 Political Communication Chapter 9 Forms of Professional Discourse Part 10 Jefferson as Practitioner of the Rhetoric of Virtue Chapter 11 Conversationalist and Letter Writer Chapter 12 Polemicist During the Revolutionary War Era Chapter 13 Select Public Addresses, 1781-1801 Chapter 14 Legal Advocate Chapter 15 Historical Writer and Social Commentator Chapter 16 Critic of Orators and Oratory Chapter 17 Critic of Non-Oratorical Forms of Public Address Chapter 18 Jefferson, African-Americans, and Slavery Chapter 19 Postscript Chapter 20 Appendix: Thomas Jefferson's Scrapbooks
The late James L. Golden was emeritus professor of rhetoric and political communication in the School of Journalism and Communication at Ohio State University. The late Alan L. Golden was associate professor of history at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania.
The statesmen of the Revolutionary generation sought to reorder the
world with words, and Thomas Jefferson played a pivotal role in
this effort. In these pages, James L. Golden and Alan L. Golden
recover and present, more comprehensively and persuasively than any
previous scholar, Jefferson's rhetorical learning and his use of
that learning in the service of republican virtue. Even readers who
find occasional points of disagreement will learn much from this
stimulating and instructive book.
*R B. Bernstein, New York Law School*
The authors have brought together in one place important elements
of Jefferson's political thought that have received relatively
little notice. Scholars wishing to pursue this line of inquiry will
find this well-researched volume a useful point of departure.
*Journal of American History*
Golden and Golden's years of intense research pay solid dividends
as they identify the rhetorical influences that shaped Jefferson's
perspective and the criteria that Jefferson, himself, identified as
the standards by which to evaluate rhetoric.
*Southern Communication Journal*
In Thomas Jefferson and the Rhetoric of Virtue, James and Alan
Golden have created a fascinating, lucid, and comprehensive guide
to the rhetorical theory and practice of one of the most eloquent
Americans. A monumental work—thorough, judicious, and ardent in its
appreciation of Jefferson.
*Thomas W. Benson, Pennsylvania State University*
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