Inventing Lincoln: Approaches to His Rhetoric - Softcover

Henson PhD, D. Leigh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1540745643 ISBN 13: 9781540745644

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

Inventing Lincoln: Approaches to His Rhetoric does not develop a new, provocative interpretation of Abraham Lincoln—as some readers might require to justify a new Lincoln book—but it does pursue a purpose that none of the other 15,000+ books in Lincoln studies has ever attempted. This book examines how Lincoln’s rhetoric has been treated in twenty-one Lincoln biographies, from 1872 to 2016, and thirty-six rhetorical studies, from 1900 to 2015: five books and thirty-one book chapters or essays published in peer-reviewed journals largely unfamiliar to the general public. Treatments of Lincoln as a speaker/writer have in turn shaped the world’s perceptions of Lincoln the man, Lincoln the politician, and Lincoln the statesman. For more information, access http://findinglincolnillinois.com/inventinglincoln.html.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1540745643
• ISBN 13: 9781540745644
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 388