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Declaring Independence: Jefferson, Natural Language, & the Culture of Performance
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Product Description: This book sets the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution in general in the context of a revolution in rhetorical theory and practice that sought to discover a new language, a natural language equivalent to natural law that would permit, by its self-evidence, perfect understanding and the galvanising of public opinion...read more
By Jay Fliegelman
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Hardcover:

9780804720755 | Stanford Univ Pr, April 1, 1993, cover price $55.00 | About this edition: This book sets the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution in general in the context of a revolution in rhetorical theory and practice that sought to discover a new language, a natural language equivalent to natural law that would permit, by its self-evidence, perfect understanding and the galvanising of public opinion.

Paperback:

9780804720762 | Stanford Univ Pr, April 1, 1993, cover price $28.95 | About this edition: This book sets the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution in general in the context of a revolution in rhetorical theory and practice that sought to discover a new language, a natural language equivalent to natural law that would permit, by its self-evidence, perfect understanding and the galvanising of public opinion.

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