Stephen Fender was born in San Francisco and is Honorary Professor of English at University College London. His previous books include 50 Facts that should Change the USA and 50 Facts You Need to Know: USA: A Tour through the Real America (both 2008).

Fenders analysis of particular addresses is consistently readable and intelligent. - Barton Swaim, TLSExplains the cultural binding that great speeches can accomplish . . . sets out to show that American speeches are cultural glue that unites the ideals of the American dream (individualistic in nature) with the wider communitarian impulses . . . According to Fender, were all better served when mouths and ears desire for more than just an individualized form of the American dream. - Washington TimesStephen Fenders anatomy of the monumental in American public speech, fascinating in itself, creates a new area of literary critical attention. This is a book to read and, with the minds ear, listen to. - John Sutherland, author of A Little History of Literature

Stephen Fender was born in San Francisco and is Honorary Professor of English at University College London. His previous books include 50 Facts that should Change the USA and 50 Facts You Need to Know: USA: A Tour through the Real America (both 2008).

Fenders analysis of particular addresses is consistently readable and intelligent. - Barton Swaim, TLSExplains the cultural binding that great speeches can accomplish . . . sets out to show that American speeches are cultural glue that unites the ideals of the American dream (individualistic in nature) with the wider communitarian impulses . . . According to Fender, were all better served when mouths and ears desire for more than just an individualized form of the American dream. - Washington TimesStephen Fenders anatomy of the monumental in American public speech, fascinating in itself, creates a new area of literary critical attention. This is a book to read and, with the minds ear, listen to. - John Sutherland, author of A Little History of Literature

Stephen Fender was born in San Francisco and is Honorary Professor of English at University College London. His previous books include 50 Facts that should Change the USA and 50 Facts You Need to Know: USA: A Tour through the Real America (both 2008).

Fenders analysis of particular addresses is consistently readable and intelligent. - Barton Swaim, TLSExplains the cultural binding that great speeches can accomplish . . . sets out to show that American speeches are cultural glue that unites the ideals of the American dream (individualistic in nature) with the wider communitarian impulses . . . According to Fender, were all better served when mouths and ears desire for more than just an individualized form of the American dream. - Washington TimesStephen Fenders anatomy of the monumental in American public speech, fascinating in itself, creates a new area of literary critical attention. This is a book to read and, with the minds ear, listen to. - John Sutherland, author of A Little History of Literature