"Broad-Shouldered” Rhetoric: The Trump Era and the Peculiar Contempt for Words

Authors

  • Dawn Marlan University of Oregon

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5399/uo/konturen.9.0.3968

Abstract

Since the contributions to this Special Issue consist of relatively brief statements, the Editorial Board of Konturen has decided to forego abstracts this time around. Please click on "html" or "pdf" below for the full document of this essay.

Author Biography

Dawn Marlan, University of Oregon

Dawn Marlan is a Career Lecturer in the Departments of Comparative Literature and German and Scandinavian Studies. She has published in a wide variety of venues, among them: Lilith, The Evergreen Review, The Atticus Review, PMLA, Modernism/Modernity, The Chicago Tribune, and The Oregonian. In addition, she has contributed essays to the anthology, Smoke: A Global History of Smoking, and to artist Zoe Zimmerman’s exhibition catalogue, On Men. Currently she is at work on Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, a novel manuscript about virtual intimacy and the dangerous promise of technological anonymity.  

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Published

2017-08-07

How to Cite

Marlan, D. (2017). "Broad-Shouldered” Rhetoric: The Trump Era and the Peculiar Contempt for Words. Konturen, 9, 34–40. https://doi.org/10.5399/uo/konturen.9.0.3968

Issue

Vol. 9 (2017): Triumph of the Will? A New Era in American Politics

Section

Articles