The National Joker : Abraham Lincoln and the Politics of Satire /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thompson, Todd Nathan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Humor.
Politics and government.
Political satire, American.
Political culture.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Satire politique americaine > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Political culture > United States > History > 19th century.
Political satire, American > History > 19th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1861-1865 > Humour.
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865 > Humor.
Humor.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Abraham Lincoln and the American satiric tradition
  • "This reminds me of a little joke": from humor to satire
  • "Little big man": modesty and attack in Lincoln's writings and speeches
  • The rail-splitter president
  • "Abraham Africanus the first": the limits of preemptive self-satire
  • "A Hoosier Michael Angelo": the politics of Lincoln's physical appearance in popular media.

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