American Literary History presents a Special Issue: Writing the Presidency

*American Literary History presents a Special Issue: Writing the Presidency *

Editors: Stephanie Li and Gordon Hutner

*About this issue*

The essays contained in this ALH forum on “Writing the Presidency” detail a long tradition of writings by and about US presidents, analyzing how the rhetoric surrounding presidential writing signifies in its immediate political moment, and subsequently how such texts seek to define American patriotism and leadership. Taking up multiple and diverse methodologies, questions, and subjects, the authors gathered here demonstrate how presidents and presidential candidates help construct our national ideals.

Three of the articles from this Special Issue have been made FREE until the end of November.

There Were Two Gerald Fords: John Hersey and Richard Reeves Profile a President James L. Baughman

http://www.oxfordjournals.org/page/4821/3

Reagan and the Rise of the Blockbuster Political Memoir Craig Fehrman

http://www.oxfordjournals.org/page/4821/4

The Parallel Lives of Bill Clinton

Stephanie Li

http://www.oxfordjournals.org/page/4821/6

*Additional articles in this Special Issue include:*

Introduction: Writing the Presidency

Stephanie Li and Gordon Hutner

http://www.oxfordjournals.org/page/4821/1