Speeches read differently on the page than they sounded in the hall, and this anthology gathers addresses that changed what audiences were prepared to accept. Winston Churchill and Martin Luther King Jr. are among the speakers included.
The selection spans political and social occasions, which lets a reader compare how different speakers handled an audience under pressure: the repetition, the plain sentence placed after a long one, the appeal made at the point where attention peaks. It is a useful book for anyone who has to speak in public and wants models rather than rules.
The short version:
• Addresses by figures including Churchill and Martin Luther King Jr.
• Political and social occasions represented across the selection
• Useful reference for students of rhetoric and public speaking
• Collectable binding that suits a gift or a reference shelf
Recommended for debaters, students of history and rhetoric and gift buyers, available in English at Boipoka.