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Communication Dans Un Congrès Année : 2016

Gil Scot-Heron's Presidential Jeremiads

Vincent Dussol

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Apart from countries under the thumb of authoritarian rulers, it is unusual to find poets and songwriters (or artists in general) paying much attention to the head of state. The United States, however, appears to be an exception. The talk will first attempt to substantiate this claim, then look into possible reasons for this striking interest in the American presidency among wordsmiths/ artists of the word. A case in point is provided by the work of Gil Scott-Heron (1949-2011) who in his sung and/or spoken poetry commented profusely on the presidents of his day. Was it because he too had a program for the U.S.A.?
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Vincent Dussol. Gil Scot-Heron's Presidential Jeremiads. A seminar given on the occasion of the signing of an Erasmus agreement between Palacký University and Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, Pr. Josef Jařab, Oct 2016, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic. ⟨hal-04348959⟩

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