Verlag:
Australian Scholarly Publ., Melbourne, Vic
Making the case, Stay on Message explores the poetics of political speeches in Australia, the USA, and elsewhere with examples of both the good and the delightfully appalling
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Making the case, Stay on Message explores the poetics of political speeches in Australia, the USA, and elsewhere with examples of both the good and the delightfully appalling
"Truthfulness is always subject to checks for aesthetic compliance"--Front cover
Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-141) and index
Public language is poetry -- Uses of poetry in public language and in politics -- The once and future poet -- Speech, script, and performance -- Memory and formula -- Framing -- Staying on message -- Truthfulness in political speech -- Poetic public life