Parker’s Assessment of Webster: Argumentative Synthesis Through the Tragic Metaphor
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1973
Description
Theodore Parker’s sermon, "Discourse Occasioned by the Death of Daniel Webster," is of interest because of its unusual, persuasive strategy. Parker presents a negative judgment of Webster’s career that is impelling because he achieves an argumentative synthesis developed through an extended metaphor between Webster’s political biography and the tragic story.
Citation Information
Schneider, Valerie. 1973. Parker’s Assessment of Webster: Argumentative Synthesis Through the Tragic Metaphor. Quarterly Journal of Speech. Vol.59(3). 330-336. https://doi.org/10.1080/00335637309383182 ISSN: 0033-5630