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The National Joker: Abraham Lincoln and the Politics of Satire
Todd Nathan Thompson
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Description for The National Joker: Abraham Lincoln and the Politics of Satire
Hardcover. The "National Joker" considers the reciprocal relationship between Abraham Lincoln s use of satire for political ends and satiric treatments of him in the popular press. By fashioning a folksy, fallible persona, Lincoln was able to use satire as a weapon without being severely wounded by it." Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Abraham Lincoln’s love of jokes— hearing them, telling them, drawing morals from them—prompted critics to dub Lincoln “the National Joker.” Interestingly, the political cartoons and print satires that mocked Lincoln often trafficked in precisely the same images and terms Lincoln humorously used to characterize himself. In this intriguing study, Todd Nathan Thompson considers the politically productive tension between Lincoln’s use of satire and satiric treatments of him in political cartoons, humour periodicals, joke books, and campaign literature. Thompson traces Lincoln’s comic sources and explains how, in reapplying others’ jokes and stories to political circumstances, he transformed humour into satire. Time ... Read more
Abraham Lincoln’s love of jokes— hearing them, telling them, drawing morals from them—prompted critics to dub Lincoln “the National Joker.” Interestingly, the political cartoons and print satires that mocked Lincoln often trafficked in precisely the same images and terms Lincoln humorously used to characterize himself. In this intriguing study, Todd Nathan Thompson considers the politically productive tension between Lincoln’s use of satire and satiric treatments of him in political cartoons, humour periodicals, joke books, and campaign literature. Thompson traces Lincoln’s comic sources and explains how, in reapplying others’ jokes and stories to political circumstances, he transformed humour into satire. Time ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809334223
SKU
V9780809334223
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Ref
99-15
About Todd Nathan Thompson
Todd Nathan Thompson, an assistant professor of English at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA, is the author of articles in Nineteenth-Century Prose, ESQ: A Journal of the American Renaissance, Early American Literature, M/MLA Journal, and Journal of American Culture.
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