William Faulkner’s “Speech Accepting the Nobel Prize in Literature”
A Language for Ameliorating Atomic Anxiety
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12464873 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark LaVoie (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 199-226 |
| Publication date | 2014-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rhetoric and Public Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-8392 • E-ISSN: 1534-5238 |
| Publisher | Michigan State University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.14321/rhetpublaffa.17.2.0199 |
| OpenAlex | W1553003982 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
In 1950, William Faulkner delivered his “Speech Accepting the Nobel Prize in Literature.” The historic moment was one of high atomic anxiety as the unfriendly relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union intensified and the possibility of nuclear war and the end of humanity increased. Faulkner recognized the anxiety and, through his address, offered a language to help cope with the anxieties of the atomic age. This study examines how through the rhetorical strategies of kairos, decorum, and enactment, Faulkner recast humanism in an atomic age and presented the world with a way of living through atomic fear
Anxiety · Art · Decorum · Epistemology · Humanism · Humanity · Kairos · Literature · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Rhetorical question · Sociology · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Law · Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis · Philosophy · Psychology · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |