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The political style of conspiracy : Chase, Sumner, and Lincoln

Author: Michael William Pfau
Publisher: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, ©2005.
Series: Rhetoric and public affairs series.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"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  Read more...
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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
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.

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"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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