Labour orators from Bevan to Miliband. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Andrew S. Crines and Richard Hayton.
• Editors: Crines, Andrew Scott; Hayton, Richard
• Contents: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction: analysing oratory in Labour politics; Introduction; Labour Party politics in historical context; The study of oratory and rhetoric in British politics; Structure; Conclusion; 1 The oratory of Aneurin Bevan; Introduction; Parliamentary performance; Public performance; Conference performance; Conclusion; 2 The oratory of Hugh Gaitskell; Gaitskell and Parliament; Gaitskell and conference; Gaitskell and electioneering Gaitskell and oratorical methods: logos, pathos and ethosConclusion; 3 The oratory of Harold Wilson; Introduction; Wilson's oratorical style: ethos, pathos and logos; In Parliament; At the party conference; Public appearances and the media; Conclusion; Notes; 4 The oratory of Barbara Castle; Introduction: 'battling' Barbara; 'Fiery redhead'; 'Rabble rouser'; Case-study: the 1959 conference; 'Making socialists'; 'No feminist'; Conclusion: 'guts is all'; Notes; 5 The oratory of James Callaghan; Introduction; Political oratory, Callaghan and the Labour Party; Conference, movement and nation 1976 annual conference speech'Education, education, education': 1976 Ruskin speech and the 'Great Education Debate'; 1978 TUC conference speech; Callaghan, Parliament and policy; Conclusion; Notes; 6 The oratory of Michael Foot; The flame of liberty, 1945-70; The 'politics of persuasion', 1970-80; The politics of emasculation, 1980-83; Conclusion: the red flame of socialist courage; 7 The oratory of Tony Benn; Apprenticeship; The making of a 'demagogue'; Benn's beliefs; Conclusion; 8 The oratory of Neil Kinnock; Introduction: on hwyl; On oratory and oratorical techniques; On hwyl Pathos: delivery/styleEthos within the movement; Ethos outside the movement; Conclusion: wither hwyl?; Notes; 9 The oratory of John Smith; Introduction; John Smith as orator; The parliamentary arena; Conference; Public; Evaluating John Smith's oratory; Conclusion; Notes; 10 The oratory of Tony Blair; Style of speech; Impact on the Labour Party: modernisation, modernisation, modernisation; Blair and external projection: the spin cycle; Blair, heresthetics and the politics of manipulation; Conclusion; Notes; 11 The oratory of Gordon Brown; Labour in opposition 1992-96 The first two terms 1997-2004Brown's pitch for the Labour leadership 2005-6; Brown as prime minister 2007-9; Brown's resignation 2010; Conclusion; Notes; 12 The oratory of Ed Miliband; Introduction; Securing the leadership; Constructing Ed Miliband's political persona; Articulating One Nation Labour; Conclusion; Conclusion: the changing face of Labour oratory; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 229 pages)
• Subjects: 808.5/1/08832424107; Politicians -- Great Britain -- Biography; Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Political oratory -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Political oratory -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century; Politicians -- Great Britain -- Language; Socialism -- Great Britain -- 20th century; Political oratory; Politicians; Politicians -- Language; Politics and government; Prime ministers; Socialism; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Composition & Creative Writing; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric; REFERENCE / Writing Skills; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 21st century; Great Britain; Biography; History; Electronic books; Biography; History -- 20th century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780719097959; 0719097959
• Related ISBNs: 9781781708583; 1781708584; 9780719089800; 0719089808
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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