Burlesque drama as a rhetorical genre: The hudibrastic ridicule of William F. Buckley, Jr.

Intermetallics: Why is it so difficult to introduce them in gas turbine engines?

“…5 the strength of Nb rich alloys developed at GKSS [4,5] is plotted. For these alloys the application range is larger (RT e 850 C) paving the way to the replacement of titanium in the LP an HP compressor.…”

A Burkean Poetic Frames Analysis of the 2004 Presidential Ads

“…Several studies have employed Burke's framework to use one poetic frame to analyze a particular situation or rhetor(s). Some used the comic frame (Carlson, 1986;Christiansen & Hanson, 1996;Rybacki & Rybacki, 1995), and others used the burlesque (Appel, 1996;Bostdorff, 1987;Hubbard, 1998). While each of these studies provides some insights into a specific frame in a specific situation, they do not offer an opportunity for direct comparison of the various frames.…”

Rush to judgment: Burlesque, tragedy, and hierarchal alchemy in the rhetoric of America's foremost political talkshow host

“…239-243; see also Snow & Benford, 1992). These efforts react to the "breaking of a frame" of reference (Burke, 1984, p. 102), in which an "old order" of political arrangements seeks to make a comeback (Appel, 1996), or suffers a threat of displacement by new and "heretical" orientations, like those arising in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries with modern empirical science (Bond, 1932;Burke, 1984;Clinton-Baddeley, 1952;Jump, 1972;Kitchen, 1967;Richards, 1937). Burlesque can also surface as rhetorical style of choice when comic appeals prove ineffective over time (Carlson, 1988b); when a politician is perceived to have failed in a "comic" role, like that of vice-presidential candidate (Bostdorff, 1991;Moore, 1992); or when the medium itself (e.g., political cartoons) requires emphasis on simplistic form, caricature, and externals of behavior and appearance (Bostdorff, 1987).…”

“…One would have expected that Limbaugh, as a restorationist spokesperson, would communicate in the accents of burlesque at such a juncture, the "breaking of a [historic] frame" (Burke, 1984, p. 102). From a Burkean standpoint, Appel (1996) demonstrated the nature and scenic appropriateness of William F. Buckley, Jr.'s burlesque discourse during conservatism's long restorative climb back from the margins of political authority in the United States. One would not necessarily have anticipated, however, the marked use of the tragic frame one found in Limbaugh's radio talk, perhaps more specifically, its transactional popularity.…”