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Date of Award
1955
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Department
Speech
First Advisor
Howard L. Runion
First Committee Member
Edward S. Betz
Abstract
The 1952 Presidential campaign ushered into national prominence the Democratic nominee, Adlai Ewing Stevenson.
His sudden and dramatic emergence as an important factor in world politics was due in part to his unique oratory. Dynamic in style and content, his speeches commanded the rapt attention of the American people for three intense months during which he delivered over two hundred and fifty. Of interest and importance is the new insight into national problems that he gave to the American voter as a result of these orations.
The problem is to analyze, through his public addresses before and during the 1952 campaign, the power of his oratory with respect to the enforcement of ideas, and to more fully understand his personality and philosophy.
Pages
140
Recommended Citation
Norton, Max C.. (1955). A rhetorical criticism of the campaign speeches of Adlai E. Stevenson. University of the Pacific, Thesis. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1267
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