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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957799403321

Titolo

Presidential speechwriting : from the New Deal to the Reagan revolution and beyond / / edited by Kurt Ritter and Martin J. Medhurst

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station, : Texas A & M University Press, c2003

ISBN

1-299-05357-2

1-60344-574-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

x, 231 p

Collana

Presidential rhetoric series ; ; no. 7

Altri autori (Persone)

RitterKurt W

MedhurstMartin J

Disciplina

808.5/1/088351

Soggetti

Presidents - United States - History - 20th century

Presidents - United States

Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century

Political oratory - United States - History - 20th century

Speechwriting - United States - History - 20th century

Speechwriters - United States

English language - United States - Rhetoric

United States Politics and government 1945-1989

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The rise of the media presidency through radio and television broadcasts has heightened the importance of presidential rhetoric, giving way to the rise of professional speechwriters. Yet the reliance of presidents on their speechwriters has varied with the rhetorical skill of the officeholder himself. The chapters here give insight into the process and development of presidential speechwriting from Roosevelt's administration to Reagan's.