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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Einhorn, Lois J., 1952- Abraham Lincoln, the orator. Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 1992 (OCoLC)645846370 |
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| Named Person: | Abraham Lincoln; Abraham Lincoln |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Lois J Einhorn |
| ISBN: | 0313261687 9780313261688 |
| OCLC Number: | 25130619 |
| Description: | xx, 225 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Pt. I: A rhetorical analysis of Abraham Lincoln's speaking. Lincoln speaks about speaking ; DId Lincoln practice what he preached? characteristics and development of Lincoln's speeches ; No laughing matter: Lincoln's use of humor as a rhetorical device ; Lincoln's first inaugural: peace and sword ; Evolving rhetorical stances on emancipation ; Lincoln's Gettysburg address: immediate failure and lasting success ; Conclusion: The making of a legend. -- Pt. II: Lincoln speaks out: texts of selected speeches. "Lyceum address" ; "Address before the Washington Temperance Society" ; "House divided" speech ; "Second lecture on inventions and discoveries" ; "Cooper Union address" ; "Farewell to Springfield" ; "First inaugural address" ; "Gettysburg address" ; "Second inaugural address". -- Chronology of selected major speeches. |
| Series Title: | Great American orators, no. 16. |
| Responsibility: | Lois J. Einhorn. |
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