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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Pfau, Michael William, 1971- Political style of conspiracy. East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2005 (OCoLC)607050665 Online version: Pfau, Michael William, 1971- Political style of conspiracy. East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2005 (OCoLC)607660511 |
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| Named Person: | Salmon P Chase; Charles Sumner; Abraham Lincoln |
| Material Type: | Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael William Pfau |
| ISBN: | 0870137603 9780870137600 |
| OCLC Number: | 61758542 |
| Description: | vii, 248 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Problems of interpretation : approaching conspiracy in text and discourse -- The slave power according to Salmon P. Chase : entering the mainstream of partisan rhetoric, 1845-1854 -- Charles Sumner's "crime against Kansas" : conspiracy rhetoric in the oratorical mold -- Lincoln, conspiracy rhetoric, and the "house divided" : assessing the judgment of history -- Lessons of the slave power conspiracy : conspiracy rhetoric at the center and fringe. |
| Series Title: | Rhetoric and public affairs series. |
| Responsibility: | Michael William Pfau. |
Abstract:
"This book analyzes the concept and reality of the "slave power" in the rhetorical discourse of the mid-nineteenth-century, in particular the speeches and writing of politicians Salmon P. Chase, Charles Sumner, and Abraham Lincoln. By examining their mainstream texts, Pfau reveals that, in addition to the "paranoid style" of conspiracy rhetoric that inhabits the margins of political life, Lincoln, Chase, and Sumner also engaged in a distinctive form of conspiracy rhetoric that is often found at the center of mainstream American society and politics."--BOOK JACKET.
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Related Subjects:(14)
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861.
- Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- Conspiracies -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- Chase, Salmon P. -- (Salmon Portland), -- 1808-1873 -- Language.
- Sumner, Charles, -- 1811-1874 -- Language.
- Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Language.
- Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- English language -- Discourse analysis.
- Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- Politische Sprache
- Rhetorik
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- USA
- Amerikanisches Englisch
