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Author Blankenship, Jane.

Title Coming to Terms : the Collected Works of Jane Blankenship.

Publication Info. Lanham : Lexington Books, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (448 pages).
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Series Lexington Studies in Political Communication
Lexington studies in political communication.
Contents Coming to Terms; Contents; Credits; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Editor's Note; Introduction; 1. Coming to Terms; 2. A Critic on Criticism; 3. In the Presence of the Word (SCA Presidential Address); Section One: Some Beginnings; 4. Energy and Form; An Introduction; The "Energy" of Form; Toward a Developmental Model of Form: ABC's Treatment of the Reagan Inaugural and Iranian Hostage Release as Oxymoron; 5. The Nature of Language; Burke and Coleridge Revisited; Magic and Mystery in the Works of Kenneth Burke; 6. Developing Style; An Introduction to Style for the Public Speaker.
The Influence of Mode, Sub-Mode and Speaker Predilectionon Style, an excerptState Legislator as Debater: Lincoln, 1834-1842; 7. Metaphor and Naming; The Search for the 1972 Democratic Nomination: A Metaphorical Perspective; Naming and Name Calling as Acts of Definition: Political Campaigns and the 1988 Presidential Debates; Section Two: Creating and Expanding Burkean Frameworks; 8. Exploring Burkean Terms; An Introduction and Reflections; Pivotal Terms in the Early Works of Kenneth Burke; 9. Burke and the Ecological Frame; Introduction to "Kenneth Burke on Ecology."
Kenneth Burke on Ecology: A Synthesis10. Pentadic Movements; Working with Jane Blankenship: The Transformation of Student to Scholar; The 1980 Republican Primary Debates: The Transformation of Actor to Scene; The Transformation of Actor to Scene: Some Strategic Grounds of the Reagan Legacy; Section 3: Identifying Women in Electoral Politics; 11. A General Overview; A "Feminine Style" in Women's Political Discourse: An Exploratory Essay; The Sites and Sounds of Change: The Political Discourse of Women in Electoral Politics; 12. Women Making a Difference.
The People Will Save Themselves: Helen Gahagan Douglas' Jealousy for DemocracyOn Not Accepting "Apologies"; 13. Transforming the Political Landscape; An Introduction to Coming to Terms; On Coming to Terms with Terms: The 1984 Ferraro Campaign; Our Candidate/Ourselves; Section 4: Composing an Academic Life; 14. Inspiring Teachers; Karl R. Wallace: The Giver of Good Reasons; The Song of the Open Road: Marie Hochmuth Nichols as Teacher; 15. Moving Toward the Future; Communications in the Year 2000: As Usual, Some Questions about Means and Ends.
Keeping the Faith: On Being a Teacher-Scholar in the 20th Century, Building an Academic DisciplineOn Imaging the Future: The Secular Search for "Piety"; Afterword; Select Bibliography; Current Contributors; Index.
Summary Coming to Terms: The Collected Works of Jane Blankenship, is an edited collection from Jane Blankenship and Janette Kenner Muir which provides a deeper understanding of how an academic life is composed-how ideas begin as simple seeds, germinating into a fully blossomed life; how career pathways often start by chance, by being in the right place at the right time; and how one must take risks while moving toward the future. These lessons reveal a brilliant career of a woman deeply committed to the life of the mind and the fostering of f.
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Subject American wit and humor.
American wit and humor.
Oral communication.
Oral communication.
Public speaking.
Public speaking.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Muir, Janette Kenner.
Sweeney, Barbara.
Abbott, Don Paul.
Rosenwasser, Marie.
Murphy, Edward.
Metcalf, Eric.
Fine, Marlene.
Davis, Les.
Robson, Deborah.
James, Shelly.
White, Cindy.
Other Form: Print version: Blankenship, Jane. Coming to Terms : The Collected Works of Jane Blankenship. Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2011 9780739145685
ISBN 9780739145708
0739145703
9780739145685