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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John Channing Briggs (Professor, University of California, Riverside)Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.517kg ISBN: 9781421437453ISBN 10: 1421437457 Pages: 386 Publication Date: 28 April 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents"Acknowledgments Note on Sources Introduction. The Mind of the Persuader Chapter 1. Rhetorical Contexts Chapter 2. The Lyceum Address Chapter 3. The Temperance Address Chapter 4. The Speech on the War with Mexico and the Eulogy for Zachary Taylor Chapter 5. The Eulogy for Henry Clay Chapter 6. The Kansas-Nebraska Speech Chapter 7. The ""House Divided"" Speech Chapter 8. Lecture on Discoveries and Inventions Chapter 9. The Milwaukee Address Chapter 10. The Cooper Union Address Chapter 11. Presidential Eloquence and Political Religion Chapter 12. The Farewell Address Chapter 13. The First Inaugural, the Gettysburg Address, and the Second Inaugural Postscript. The Letter to Mrs. Bixby Notes Index"ReviewsA valuable intellectual history of Lincoln's speeches and developing thought on the issues of democracy, slavery, and self-government. --Brian Dirck American Studies Briggs enriches our understanding of Lincoln's pre-presidential speeches. --David Zarefsky Rhetoric Review 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 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 Succeeds in illuminating the earlier speeches as elements in Lincoln's evolving ideology. --Paul M. Zall Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association 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 Remarkably, Briggs... [has] managed to find new ground to harvest. --Harold Holzer Washington Post Book World Remarkably, Briggs . . . [has] managed to find new ground to harvest. -- Harold Holzer * Washington Post Book World * 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 * 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 * 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 * A valuable intellectual history of Lincoln's speeches and developing thought on the issues of democracy, slavery, and self-government. -- Brian Dirck * American Studies * Briggs enriches our understanding of Lincoln's pre-presidential speeches. -- David Zarefsky * Rhetoric Review * 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 * 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 * Succeeds in illuminating the earlier speeches as elements in Lincoln's evolving ideology. -- Paul M. Zall * Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association * 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 * Remarkably, Briggs . . . [has] managed to find new ground to harvest. -- Harold Holzer * Washington Post Book World * Author InformationJohn Channing Briggs is a professor of English at the University of California, Riverside. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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