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A Rising Tide Lifts All the Boats: The Proverbial Rhetoric of John F. Kennedy

A Rising Tide Lifts All the Boats: The Proverbial Rhetoric of John F. Kennedy

Mieder, Wolfgang

Hardcover

General ReferenceGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1636674224
ISBN13: 9781636674223
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Published: Aug 30 2023
Pages: 292
Weight: 1.27
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The book is based on eight thousand pages of former President John F. Kennedy's printed communications, including his books, innumerable speeches, addresses, press conferences, debates, and letters. The first part is dedicated to detailed interpretations of the use, function, and meaning of the many proverbs, proverbial expressions, sententious remarks, and other formulaic language. Themes include: Kennedy's concern for appropriate language and elevated style; his visionary inaugural address, which was based to a large degree on formulaic language; his frequent employment of wisdom from the Old and New Testaments; his use of folk proverbs in the call for justice, freedom, and peace; his interest in animal metaphors to reflect human behavior; and his maritime expressions as indicators of life's ebb and flow. The second part of the book provides a comprehensive index of the many passages that include sententious and proverbial references, listed in their verbal contexts.

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