Frederick Douglass and the African American Epistle
Scholars of rhetoric are drawn to the African American epistle, a subgenre of reformist literature that spans more than two centuries, by its structural features and by its impact on public discourse. An epistle is a private letter made public, or a moral commentary packaged into a personal missive....
| Published in: | A journal of church and state |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2021
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A journal of church and state
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Epistolary literature
/ Racism
/ USA
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| IxTheo Classification: | KBQ North America SA Church law; state-church law |
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| Summary: | Scholars of rhetoric are drawn to the African American epistle, a subgenre of reformist literature that spans more than two centuries, by its structural features and by its impact on public discourse. An epistle is a private letter made public, or a moral commentary packaged into a personal missive. Its multilevel audience—the addressees on one tier, the broader readership on another—enables an ad hominem directness more intrinsic to religious than to legal or philosophical writing. Even so, the epistle differs from other sermonic modes like the jeremiad in its appeal to the bonds of friendship rather than to prophetic warning.... |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csaa030 |