TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Preaching dynamite: August Spies at the Haymarket trial
JO  - Communication and critical-cultural studies
A1  - Hill, Ian E. J.
SP  - 363
EP  - 379
VL  - 13
IS  - 4
N2  - This paper examines the dynamite at the 1886 Haymarket Square bombing trial and in the courtroom address of accused bomb conspirator August Spies. The analysis focuses on the crucial object of the Haymarket events--the dynamite bomb--as much as it focuses on Spies's words. I argue that the material presence of dynamite interacted with polysemy and paradox when Spies preached dynamite. Spies delved into the polysemy of the term dynamite by drawing attention to the word's multiple meanings, and he constructed turnaround arguments warranted by dynamite to reverse the accusation of conspiring to commit violence back onto the state.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1479-1420
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14791420.2016.1173220
ID  - ref1
ER  -