History as Rhetoric: The Persuasiveness of Style and Narrative

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In the realm of the written word, Ronald Carpenter reserves a privileged place for historical writing. He contends that because of its assumed credibility, historical writing holds sway over the present attitudes and future actions of the general public and world leaders. Through extensive primary-source research into the public and private writings of such well-known and widely read American historians as Frederick Jackson Turner, Alfred Thayer Mahan, and Allan Nevins, Carpenter examines what happens to this ...
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In the realm of the written word, Ronald Carpenter reserves a privileged place for historical writing. He contends that because of its assumed credibility, historical writing holds sway over the present attitudes and future actions of the general public and world leaders. Through extensive primary-source research into the public and private writings of such well-known and widely read American historians as Frederick Jackson Turner, Alfred Thayer Mahan, and Allan Nevins, Carpenter examines what happens to this inherently credible medium when rhetorical prowess helps shape the writing of history. He also evaluates the power that such discourse exercises on the public at large and on individuals empowered with making public policy. Carpenter explicates the roles of style and narrative in enabling the writers of history to persuade through "opinion leadership," a process whereby historical writing authoritatively corroborates what people have learned from other sources. Carpenter portrays several American historians as successful opinion leaders who, at pivotal points in time, persuaded readers with their discourse.
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The author contends that the assumed credibility of historical writing gives it considerable influence over the present attitudes and future actions of the general public and world leaders. He examines the public and private writings of historians such as Frederick Jackson Turner, Alfred Thayer Mahan, and Barbara Tuchman, explicating the roles of style and narrative in enabling such writers to persuade through what he calls "opinion leadership." Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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  • ISBN-13: 9781570030321
  • Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
  • Publication date: 4/28/1995
  • Series: Studies in Rhetoric and Communication
  • Pages: 350
  • Product dimensions: 6.29 (w) x 9.32 (h) x 1.12 (d)

Table of Contents

Ch. 1 On Style and Narrative in History: A Rhetorical Perspective 1
Pt. I Historians as Rhetorical Stylists 19
Ch. 2 Frederick Jackson Turner and the Oratorical Origins of Persuasive Style in the Frontier Thesis 21
Ch. 3 Carl Becker and the Epigrammatic Force of Style in Epideictic History: An Overt Impact 68
Ch. 4 Alfred Thayer Mahan's Style in History as a Persuasive Paramessage: A Subtle Impress 107
Pt. II The Rhetoric of Narrative in History 139
Ch. 5 Alfred Thayer Mahan as Opinion Leader for the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor: Narrative Fidelity with Fact 141
Ch. 6 Frank L. Owsley Competes Rhetorically but Unsuccessfully for the Hearts and Minds of the South: Narrative Fidelity and Myth 181
Ch. 7 Barbara Tuchman, John Kennedy, and Why "The Missiles of October" Did Not Become The Guns of August: Narrative Fidelity from Archetypal Story Form 222
Pt. III Historians in a Stream of Time 261
Ch. 8 History and the Frontier Metaphor for War in American Society: From Syntax through Archetype 263
Bibliography 319
Index 343
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