Memories of Lincoln and the Splintering of American Political Thought

About the author

Shawn J. Parry-Giles is Professor of Communication at the University of Maryland. Her most recent book is Hillary Clinton in the News: Gender and Authenticity in American Politics.David S. Kaufer is Paul C. Mellon Distinguished Professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University and coauthor of Arab Women in Arab News: Old Stereotypes and New Media.

Summary

Explores how memories of Lincoln became an important form of political rhetoric, and how divergent schools of U.S. political thought came to recruit Lincoln as their standard-bearer.

Product details

• Authors: David S. Kaufer, David S. (Carnegie Mellon University) Kaufer, Kaufer David S., Shawn J. Parry-Giles, Shawn J. (University of Maryland) Parry-Giles, Parry-Giles Shawn J.
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2017
• EAN: 9780271078397
• ISBN: 978-0-271-07839-7
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 340 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: Rhetoric and Democratic Deliberation; Rhetoric and Democratic Delibe; Rhetoric and Democratic Deliberation
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric, Communication Studies, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, American Civil War