Before the Rhetorical Presidency

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Contents acknowledgments ix introduction:฀was฀there฀a฀nineteenth-century฀rhetorical฀presidency?฀ a฀debate฀revisited Martin J. Medhurst 1 part฀i.฀alternative฀perspectives฀on฀the฀rhetorical฀presidency Talking without Speaking, and Other Curiosities Mel Laracey 18 On the Forms of Rhetorical Leadership Jeffrey K. Tulis 29 Present at the Founding: The Rhetorical Presidency in Historical Perspective Stephen E. Lucas 35 part฀ii.฀nineteenth-century฀rhetorical฀presidencies Little Magic: Martin Van Buren and the Politics of Gender Susan Zaeske 44 John Tyler and the Rhetoric of the Accidental Presidency David Zarefsky 63 James Knox Polk: The First Imperial President? Karlyn Kohrs Campbell 83 Franklin Pierce and the Exuberant Hauteur of an Age of Extremes: A Love Song for America in Six Movements Stephen John Hartnett 106 James Buchanan: Romancing the Union Robert E. Terrill 166 Andrew Johnson and the Politics of Character Stephen Howard Browne 194 Resolute Commander for Just Peace: The Rhetoric of Ulysses S. Grant George R. Goethals 213 The Challenges of Reunification: Rutherford B. Hayes on the Close Race and the Racial Divide Amy R. Slagell 243 The Problem with Public Memory: Benjamin Harrison Confronts the “Southern Question” Kirt H. Wilson 267 Grover Cleveland and the Nonrhetorical Presidency Michael Leff 289 William McKinley and the Emergence of the Modern Rhetorical Presidency William D. Harpine 307 Afterword: Questioning the Rhetorical Presidency Construct Martin J. Medhurst 329 Contributors 335 Index 338 contents฀viii ...