The Prophetic Tradition and Radical Rhetoric in America

"A bold, serious and ambitious book. Darsey sets out to redefine the sources of America's radical rhetorical tradition. He does it in pursuit of a noble purpose, to demonstrate that contemporary jeremiads about the decline of civility in American life, coming from both the right and left, are just hooey."

--John D'Emilio, Lambda Book Report

"An exceptionally important book. . . . Darsey comes to grips with radical rhetoric in a way so much more profound and insightful than rhetorical critics have been able to do thus far."

--Quarterly Journal of Speech

"A richly textured, sometimes dazzling, always provocative study."

--Rhetoric and Public Affairs