Modern poetry and a Kat called Krazy |
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| Authors: | Ralph Pomeroy |
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| Institution: | Department of English, Dramatic Art and Speech , University of California , Davis |
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| Abstract: | This essay uses the nature of the genre of apologia as outlined by speech communication scholars as a framework to examine Richard Nixon's apology to the nation on the occasion of his resignation. Mr. Nixon conformed well to the requirements of the subgenre, explanation, but erred in areas not suggested in contemporary writings on apologia. The gravity of Nixon's misdeeds and the incongruity of his admission of guilt overshadowed the strategy of explanation which he employed to defend himself. |
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