The cup of John Howard's poetry
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Clark, Tom (2008) The cup of John Howard's poetry. Overland (190). pp. 22-28. ISSN 0030-7416
Abstract
In commercial terms, poetry is a form irredeemably condemned to the literary margins. However, this paper makes a case for its ongoing significance by reading it into contemporary public language. It identifies the rhetorical power of former Prime Minister John Howard with his unacknowledged mastery of poetic techniques that we can observe in formulaic-performative traditions of poetry such as the oral epic.
| Item type | Article |
| URI | https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/775 |
| Official URL | http://web.overland.org.au/previous-issues/issue-1... |
| Subjects | Historical > RFCD Classification > 360000 Policy and Political Science Historical > RFCD Classification > 420000 Language and Culture |
| Keywords | rhetoric, politics, spoken performance, poetic formula, semiotics |
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