The dramatic criticism of oratory

Speaking

“…Studies of speakers for a common cause included Kerr's (1959) A few studies dealt directly with the process of criticism. In his treatment of John Morley, Moore (1958) added substance to the idea that English historians excel as public-address critics, and Baskerville (1959) approached the same conclusion by identifying "dramatic" and "literary" emphasis in much American criticism. Murphy (1958), however, argued that literary evaluations of speeches can be as solidly based as social or historical ones.…”