Helen Keller, Public Speaker: Sightless But Seen, Deaf But Heard

by Lois J. Einhorn

Overview

This is the first book-length study of Helen Keller's public speaking. It contains rhetorical analysis about how a person who was sightless but seen, deaf but heard learned to communicate, and how she gave public speeches for nearly 80 years inspiring others with her vision for a better tomorrow. The analysis, texts of various speeches on a broad range of subjects, a chronology of her speeches, and bibliography will be helpful to students and teachers of speech and all those interested in Helen Keller.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313286438
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/30/1998
Series:	Great American Orators , #23
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

LOIS J. EINHORN, Associate Professor Rhetoric at Binghamton University, has written at length on public address and rhetorical theory and criticism. She is the author of Abraham Lincoln, The Orator: Penetrating the Lincoln Legend (Greenwood, 1992) and is co-author of Effective Employment Interviewing: Unlocking Human Potential (1982).

Table of Contents

Illustrations
Series Foreword
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Visions of a Better Tomorrow: An Analysis of Helen Keller's Speaking
Introduction
Rescued from Darkness: The Gift of Language
The World Seen Through Fingertips: Characteristics of Keller's Speaking
Just Because I Cannot See Doesn't Mean I Cannot Know
Not a Muted Voice: The Effectiveness of Keller's Speaking
Conclusion
A Voice For Social Reform: Texts of Selected Speeches
Speech at Andover
Address at Mt. Airy
Our Duties to the Blind
The Heaviest Burden of the Blind
The Conservation of Eyesight
The Gift of Speech
A New Light Is Coming
Menace of the Militarist Program
Strike Against War
Onward Comrades
The Vaudeville Circuit
Speech to Lions Clubs International
Address to the Teachers of the Deaf
Commencement Address to Queen Margaret College
Address to the New Church of Scottland (Swedenborgian)
Address in St. Bride's Parish Church
Address to the National Institute for the Blind
Address to the National Council of Woman
Speech to Knights of the Blind
Chronology of Selected Major Speeches
Selected Bibliography on Keller
Notes
Index

Editorial Reviews

An account of Keller's public speaking, concentrating on characteristics of her speeches, their effectiveness, and her radical activism. Contains 19 speeches, plus a chronology and b&w photos. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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