Abraham Lincoln the Orator Penetrating the Lincoln Legend

Subjects:

• Communications » Rhetoric/Speech
• Communications » Political Communications
• Political Science » Presidential Studies

Reviews:

• Einhorn . . . has masterfully analyzed Lincoln's speeches to reveal the complexities and brilliance of the sixteenth president. . . . A faascinating look at a most complex man. Speech and the use of language was an integral part of Abraham Lincoln, and this book should read by anyone who is interested in him.
  —The Courier
• Professor Einhorn has written a fine volume with an outstanding literary style. This tome will prove to be most valuable to students of Lincolniana, as well as those in the fields of rhetoric, speech, communications. . . . recommends that libraries and scholars immediately obtain the volume for their collections. It will indeed be a joy to read for both entertainment and research. Much thought has gone into its writing.
  —Lincoln Herald
• Lois J. Einhorn, has masterfully analyzed Lincoln's speeches to reveal the complexities and brilliance of the sixteenth president. . . . a fascinating look at a most complex man. Speech and the use of language was an integral part of Abraham Lincoln, and this book should be read by anyone who is interested in him.
  —The Courier
• . . . Contained therein are sound arguments and original thinking, too. Einhorn has made a welcome contribution to the field, and I suspect that most Lincoln students will--and should--add it to their libraries.
  —Bluer Gray Magazine
• This beautifully crafted book is the sixteenth volume in a series on Great American Orators. . . . There are many points of intetest in this slim but well-written volume, such as Lincoln's use of humor and ridicule as rhetorical devices; his evolving rhetorical stances on slavery, race, and amancipation; and how it was that North and South each heard very different messages in the "First Inaugural Address." Einhorn has written a book that will interest rhetoricians and historians, as well as all those many others who simply enjoy reading about our Sixteenth President.
  —Civil War History

Table of Contents:

• Illustrations
• Series Foreword
• Halford Ryan, Foreword
• A Rhetorical Analysis of Abraham Lincoln's Speaking
• Introduction
• Lincoln Speaks about Speaking
• Did Lincoln Practice What He Preached? Characteristics and Development of Lincoln's Speaking
• 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
• Lincoln Speaks Out: Texts of Selected Speeches
• "Lyceum Address"
• "Temperance Address"
• "House Divided Speech"
• "Second Lecture on Discoveries and Inventions"
• "Cooper Union Address"
• "Farewell to Springfield"
• "First Inaugural Address"
• "Gettysburg Address"
• "Second Inaugural Address"
• Notes
• Chronology of Major Speeches
• History in Motion: Selected Bibliography on Lincoln
• Index