"Modest Proposal: A Vice-Presidential Speech in a Surrealist Future"

Title"Modest Proposal: A Vice-Presidential Speech in a Surrealist Future"
Year for Search1956
AuthorsViereck, Peter [Robert Edwin](1916-2006)
Secondary TitleThe Unadjusted Man: A New Hero for Americans. Reflections on the Distinction Between Conforming and Conserving
Pagination223-27
Date Published1956
PublisherBeacon Press
Place PublishedBoston, MA
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Satire. U.S. Republican Vice President stating that conformity and fun will be legally required.

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Author Note

The author (1916-2006) was a professor of History at Mount Holyoke College and a leading U.S. conservative.

Full Text

1956 Viereck, Peter [Robert Edwin] (1916-2006). “Modest Proposal: A Vice-Presidential Speech in a Surrealist Future.” In his The Unadjusted Man: A New Hero for Americans. Reflections on the Distinction Between Conforming and Conserving (Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1956), 223-27. NZ

Satire with a U.S. Republican Vice President stating that conformity and fun will be legally required. The author was a professor of History at Mount Holyoke College and a leading U.S. conservative.