The Art of Great Speeches

And Why We Remember Them

By: Dennis Glover

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Paperback | 22 November 2010

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What makes a great speech `great'?

The Art of Great Speeches uses insights from classical thinkers to reveal how great orators such as Barack Obama, Martin Luther King, the Kennedys, Al Gore and Hitler persuaded their audiences with such conviction.

Featuring excerpts from 70 of the world's greatest and most controversial speeches in history and drama, this fascinating book breaks down the key elements of classical and modern oratory to reveal the rhetorical techniques that make them so memorable. It shows how master speechwriters connect with their audiences, seize a moment, project character, use facts convincingly and destroy their opponents' arguments as they try to force the hand of history or create memorable drama.

Past history, part defence of oratory, part call for political inspiration, part handbook, The Art of Great Speeches does what no other book does - it explains why these speeches are great.

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List of speeches	p. vi
List of photographs	p. x
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
To save a republic	p. 8
Speech - the essence of democracy	p. 35
Forum	p. 60
Style	p. 90
Emotion	p. 124
Character	p. 154
Evidence	p. 188
Morality	p. 209
Gettysburg	p. 222
Speechwriter	p. 228
Conclusion: The ideal orator	p. 239
Appendix: Common figures and terms	p. 243
Notes	p. 248
Index	p. 252
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