Kennedyesque "Camelot"

[Gerald Cohen]

In reply to Fred¹s query, here are two references that might be of interest:

1. [Gerald Cohen , editor]: ŒPresidency as Camelot Idea Began After JFK¹s
Assassination¹ -- Reprint of a Sept. 16, 1986 Rolla Daily News article
summarizing W. Nicholas Knight¹s scholarly article in Avalon to Camelot.
Comments on Etymology, vol. 33, no. 7, April 2004, pp. 17-21; with
references added.

2. W. Nicholas Knight. Œ³Lancer²: Myth-Making and the Kennedy Camelot.¹
Avalon to Camelot, 
vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 21-31.

G. Cohen


On 6/27/09 12:39 PM, "Shapiro, Fred" <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU> wrote:
> 
> Jesse, does the OED have citations in its files for the Kennedyesque usage of
> the term "Camelot"?  Ralph Keyes, in his new book Retrotalk, refers to
> Theodore White as having originated this usage.  If anyone else has
> information, I would be very interested to hear it.
> 
> Fred Shapiro
>

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