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The Return of Richard Nixon and Other Essays

The Return of Richard Nixon and Other Essays

Gregory McNamee
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Richard Nixon functions in McNamee's vision of America as a central icon of absurdity, proof positive that anything is possible when the world makes no sense. He begins his collection with a list of horrors that seem commonplace: In Hiroshima, for example, "a MacDonald's hamburger restaurant has newly opened where a hundred and thirty thousand skeletons once burned." The culmination of the list: "And Richard Nixon has emerged again to roam freely across the fin-de-siecle landscape, proclaiming himself our senior statesman, evidence enough that vampires do indeed exist." Most of McNamee's essays concern symbols and icons of our time, and it is their hold over the imagination that preoccupies him. One essay discusses the uncanny hidden political power of Howard Hughes . Other subjects include Orwell, Hemingway, Reagan and the youngest bank robber in American history.
Language
English
Pages
213
Format
Paperback
Release
April 01, 1990
ISBN 13
9780943173610

The Return of Richard Nixon and Other Essays

Gregory McNamee
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
Richard Nixon functions in McNamee's vision of America as a central icon of absurdity, proof positive that anything is possible when the world makes no sense. He begins his collection with a list of horrors that seem commonplace: In Hiroshima, for example, "a MacDonald's hamburger restaurant has newly opened where a hundred and thirty thousand skeletons once burned." The culmination of the list: "And Richard Nixon has emerged again to roam freely across the fin-de-siecle landscape, proclaiming himself our senior statesman, evidence enough that vampires do indeed exist." Most of McNamee's essays concern symbols and icons of our time, and it is their hold over the imagination that preoccupies him. One essay discusses the uncanny hidden political power of Howard Hughes . Other subjects include Orwell, Hemingway, Reagan and the youngest bank robber in American history.
Language
English
Pages
213
Format
Paperback
Release
April 01, 1990
ISBN 13
9780943173610

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