Jefferson's Call for Nationhood

Jefferson's Call for Nationhood PDF

Author: Stephen H. Browne

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 160344677X

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Widely celebrated in its own time, Thomas Jefferson's first inaugural address has been hailed as the Sermon on the Mount of good government. Curiously, this masterpiece--the full text of which is reproduced in this volume--has never received sustained analysis. Here, Browne describes its origins, composition, meaning, and delivery, offering a model of analysis for rhetorical scholars.