{"product_id":"the-columbian-orator-paperback-softback-9780814713235","title":"The Columbian Orator (Paperback \/ softback) 9780814713235","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Columbian Orator\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid W. Blight (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780814713235\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 February 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.386 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Frederick Douglass validated his manhood by giving Edward Covey, his surrogate slave master, a good whipping. What inspired his fists was not only manly rage, but liberating knowledgeknowledge gained in part from his reading of \u003cb\u003eThe Columbian Orator\u003c\/b\u003e. I read it now and the words still inspire and inflame.\" - Ossie Davis \"The \u003cb\u003eColumbian Orator\u003c\/b\u003e was of profound importance to the shaping of the African American canon, through The Narrative of Frederick Douglass. David Blight has done historians and literary critics a profound service by so expertly editing this germinal text. A must read for scholars of American and African American studies.\" - Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,Harvard University \"Thousands of young readers in 19th century America learned about eloquence and liberty from the stirring speeches, plays, and poems in \u003cb\u003eThe Columbian Orator\u003c\/b\u003e. When one reads it todayeven better, reads it aloudits eloquence speaks to us all.\" - Sydney Nathans,Duke University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn 1797 publication of Enlightenment era thought, read by virtually every American schoolboy in the early 19th century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e First published in 1797, \u003ci\u003eThe Columbian Orator\u003c\/i\u003e helped shape the American mind for the next half century, going through some 23 editions and totaling 200,000 copies in sales. The book was read by virtually every American schoolboy in the first half of the 19th century. As a slave youth, Frederick Douglass owned just one book, and read it frequently, referring to it as a \"gem\" and his \"rich treasure.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThe Columbian Orator\u003c\/i\u003e presents 84 selections, most of which are notable examples of oratory on such subjects as nationalism, religious faith, individual liberty, freedom, and slavery, including pieces by Washington, Franklin, Milton, Socrates, and Cicero, as well as heroic poetry and dramatic dialogues. Augmenting these is an essay on effective public speaking which influenced Abraham Lincoln as a young politician. \u003cbr\u003e As America experiences a resurgence of interest in the art of debating and oratory, \u003ci\u003eThe Columbian Orator\u003c\/i\u003e--whether as historical artifact or contemporary guidebook--is one of those rare books to be valued for what it meant in its own time, and for how its ideas have endured. Above all, this book is a remarkable compilation of Enlightenment era thought and language that has stood the test of time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"NYU Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670818091288,"sku":"9780814713235","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-columbian-orator-paperback-softback-9780814713235","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}