Lincoln's Speeches Reconsidered
«Remarkably, Briggs . . . [has] managed to find new ground to harvest.
—Harold Holzer, Washington Post Book World»
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. Les mer
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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.
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.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781421437453
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
Anmeldelser
«Remarkably, Briggs . . . [has] managed to find new ground to harvest.
—Harold Holzer, Washington Post Book World»
«John Channing Briggs has thought long, hard, and well about the speeches of Abraham Lincoln, and he has produced a book that deserves to be read.
—Stewart Winger, Register of the Kentucky Historical Society»
«Briggs enriches our understanding of Lincoln's pre-presidential speeches.
—David Zarefsky, Rhetoric Review»
«A valuable intellectual history of Lincoln's speeches and developing thought on the issues of democracy, slavery, and self-government.
—Brian Dirck, American Studies»
«Lincoln's Speeches Reconsidered does a finer job than any of the other commentaries on Lincoln's speeches, and its reading will repay richly the serious student of Lincoln and of American political ideas in general.
—Allen Carl Guelzo, Indiana Magazine of History»
«Briggs interprets Lincoln's references to Providence with a subtlety and intelligence I believe to be unsurpassed in Lincoln scholarship . . . A model of how better to understand our country and ourselves.
—Glen E. Thurow, Claremont Review of Books»
«Succeeds in illuminating the earlier speeches as elements in Lincoln's evolving ideology.
—Paul M. Zall, Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association»