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- catalog abstract ""Ronald Reagan owes much of his astounding political success to his unusual rhetorical powers. Using modern day folktales and sweeping sagas of grand adventure, Reagan reduces the unarguably complex issues of our times to simple allegories of good and evil ... [Author] exposes the technique used by Reagan and his staff to manipulate their audience. We see how Regan skillfully alters facts, makes history into allegory, creates 'stock' characters who personify good and evil and uses metaphors, myths and anecdotes to convince the public this way is the only just and moral way. He reduces questions about economic planning, constitutional interpretation, and national defense to the most basic emotional level ... critique of the effects of speechifying it is also a fascinating analysis of the persona of the American public. WE see how Reagan carefully listens to what America wants to hear--easy answers, a simple way out, a guarantee America is number one--and creates the character which personifies these qualities. Reagan has thus become America's projected hero--and to vote against his is to vote against America--and this book tells how he skillfully used his rhetorical genius to capture the American electorate."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b469021.
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1981-1989.".
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1989-".
- catalog created "1985.".
- catalog date "1985".
- catalog date "1985.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1985.".
- catalog description ""Ronald Reagan owes much of his astounding political success to his unusual rhetorical powers. Using modern day folktales and sweeping sagas of grand adventure, Reagan reduces the unarguably complex issues of our times to simple allegories of good and evil ... [Author] exposes the technique used by Reagan and his staff to manipulate their audience. We see how Regan skillfully alters facts, makes history into allegory, creates 'stock' characters who personify good and evil and uses metaphors, myths and anecdotes to convince the public this way is the only just and moral way. He reduces questions about economic planning, constitutional interpretation, and national defense to the most basic emotional level ... critique of the effects of speechifying it is also a fascinating analysis of the persona of the American public. WE see how Reagan carefully listens to what America wants to hear--easy answers, a simple way out, a guarantee America is number one--and creates the character which personifies these qualities. Reagan has thus become America's projected hero--and to vote against his is to vote against America--and this book tells how he skillfully used his rhetorical genius to capture the American electorate."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 167-170.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- A time for choosing -- Analogies, allegories, and homilies -- Stock characters -- America's divine destiny -- What kind of people are we? -- The semblance of politics -- Appendix and selected speeches of Ronald Reagan.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 172 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0814721672 (alk. paper) :".
- catalog issued "1985".
- catalog issued "1985.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : New York University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1981-1989.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1989-".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "E877.2 .E64 1985".
- catalog subject "Political oratory United States.".
- catalog subject "Reagan, Ronald Oratory.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- A time for choosing -- Analogies, allegories, and homilies -- Stock characters -- America's divine destiny -- What kind of people are we? -- The semblance of politics -- Appendix and selected speeches of Ronald Reagan.".
- catalog title "Reagan speaks : the making of an American myth / Paul D. Erickson.".
- catalog type "text".