Briggs, John Channing 1948- creator text bibliography mdu Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 2005 monographic eng

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370 p. ; 24 cm. Introduction : The mind of the persuader -- Rhetorical contexts -- The Lyceum address : "On the perpetuation of our political institutions" -- The temperance address : moral reform and emancipation-- The speech on the War with Mexico and the eulogy for Zachary Taylor : " injustice and heroic virtue " -- The eulogy for Henry Clay : persuasion and/or principle -- The Kansas-Nebraska speech : popular sovereignty and self-government -- The "house divided" speech : the logic of hopeful resolve -- Lecture on discoveries and inventions : self-government and inventions : self-government and arts of literacy -- The Milwaukee address : thorough farming and self-government -- The Cooper Union address : the empirical wager -- Presidential eloquence and political religion : governing "in the providence of God" -- The farewell address : "Let us confidently hope" -- The first inaugural , the Gettysburg address, and the second inaugural : providence and persuasion -- Postscript. The letter to Mrs. Bixby : secular scripture. John Channing Briggs. Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-361) and index n-us--- Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Literary art Presidents United States Biography Speeches, addresses, etc., American History and criticism 002 E 457 L736B 2005 973.7/092 0801881064 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780801881060 (hardcover : alk. paper) 2004021139 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0422/2004021139.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0616/2004021139-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0616/2004021139-d.html www.firstsearch.oclc.org/fsip http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0422/2004021139.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0616/2004021139-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0616/2004021139-d.html www.firstsearch.oclc.org/fsip DLC 040907 20230404125811.0 55414