Lincoln's Speeches ReconsideredJHU Press, 03.03.2020 - 386 Seiten Originally published in 2005. Throughout the fractious years of the mid-nineteenth century, Abraham Lincoln's speeches imparted reason and guidance to a troubled nation. Lincoln's words were never universally praised. But they resonated with fellow legislators and the public, especially when he spoke on such volatile subjects as mob rule, temperance, the Mexican War, slavery and its expansion, and the justice of a war for freedom and union. In this close examination, John Channing Briggs reveals how the process of studying, writing, and delivering speeches helped Lincoln develop the ideas with which he would so profoundly change history. Briggs follows Lincoln's thought process through a careful chronological reading of his oratory, ranging from Lincoln's 1838 speech to the Springfield Lyceum to his second inaugural address. Recalling David Herbert Donald's celebrated revisionist essays (Lincoln Reconsidered, 1947), Briggs's study provides students of Lincoln with new insight into his words, intentions, and image. |
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... . All citations of Shakespeare draw from The Riverside Shakespeare , edited by G. Blakemore Evans ( Boston : Houghton Mifflin , 1997 ) . Lincoln's Speeches Reconsidered INTRODUCTION The Mind of the Persuader It xi Note on Sources xi.
... multiple meanings within his printed texts , attempting to place them within a broader interpretation of his purposes . This ongoing process can sometimes discover and draw upon what listeners derived from the 12 Rhetorical Contexts.
John Channing Briggs. sometimes discover and draw upon what listeners derived from the original performances , but it depends most of all on close readings of the printed speeches . Knowledge of the historical context of Lincoln's words ...
... draws his force only from himself , it becomes visible that what makes the principal difference among the fortunes of men is intelligence . All that serves to fortify , enlarge , and adorn intelligence immediately brings a high price ...
... draw out the connected meanings of notable ideas and remarkable facts . He used high - minded exaggeration to appeal to self - interest . Confronted with the proverbial impatience , credulity , and immense potential of his democratic ...
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The Temperance Address | 58 |
The Speech on the War with Mexico | 82 |
The Eulogy for Henry Clay | 113 |
The KansasNebraska Speech | 134 |
The House Divided Speech | 164 |
The Milwaukee Address | 195 |
Thorough Farming and SelfGovernment | 221 |
The Cooper Union Address | 237 |
Presidential Eloquence and Political Religion | 257 |
The Farewell Address | 281 |
The First Inaugural the Gettysburg Address | 297 |
POSTSCRIPT The Letter to Mrs Bixby | 328 |
Index | 363 |