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Abraham Lincoln, the orator : penetrating the Lincoln legend

Author: Lois J Einhorn
Publisher: Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 1992.
Series: Great American orators, no. 16.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Einhorn, Lois J., 1952-
Abraham Lincoln, the orator.
Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 1992
(OCoLC)645846370
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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