The national joker Abraham Lincoln and the politics of satire

The national joker : Abraham Lincoln and the politics of satire / Todd Nathan Thompson.

Author/creator	Thompson, Todd Nathan
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2015]
Description	xii, 178 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Humor. Political satire, American--History --19th century. Political culture--United States --History --19th century. United States--Politics and government --1861-1865 --Humor.

Contents	Introduction: Abraham Lincoln and the American satiric tradition -- "This reminds me of a little joke": from humor to satire -- "Little big man": modesty and attack in Lincoln's writings and speeches -- The rail-splitter president -- "Abraham Africanus the first": the limits of preemptive self-satire -- "A Hoosier Michael Angelo": the politics of Lincoln's physical appearance in popular media.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-171) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2014043670
ISBN	9780809334223 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0809334224 (cloth : alk. paper)

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