Description |
vii, 146 pages ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
Contents |
Public language is poetry -- Uses of poetry in public language and in politics -- The once and future poet -- Speech, script, and performance -- Memory and formula -- Framing -- Staying on message -- Truthfulness in political speech -- Poetic public life |
Summary |
Making the case, Stay on Message explores the poetics of political speeches in Australia, the USA, and elsewhere with examples of both the good and the delightfully appalling |
Analysis |
Australian |
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Lying |
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Members |
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Poetry |
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Political credibility |
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Political ethics |
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Political skills |
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Speeches |
Notes |
"Truthfulness is always subject to checks for aesthetic compliance" - cover |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [135]-141) and index |
Subject |
Political ethics.
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Politicians.
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Political oratory.
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Speeches, addresses, etc.
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Speeches, addresses, etc., Australian.
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Rhetoric -- Political aspects.
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Truthfulness and falsehood -- Political aspects.
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LC no. |
2012453122 |
ISBN |
9781921875670 (paperback) |
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