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Author Thompson, Todd Nathan, author.

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

Publication Info. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 178 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-171) and index.
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.
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Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Humor.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Genre/Form Humor.
Subject Political satire, American -- History -- 19th century.
Political satire, American.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 -- Humor.
United States.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1861-1865
Subject Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Political culture.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form History.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Humor.
Other Form: Print version: Thompson, Todd Nathan. National joker. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2015] 9780809334223 (DLC) 2014043670 (OCoLC)890360594
ISBN 9780809334230 electronic book
0809334232 electronic book
9780809334223
0809334224
0809334232 (ebook)