Lincoln :
Kaplan, Fred, 1937-
Lincoln : the biography of a writer / Fred Kaplan - First Harper Perennial edition - viii, 406 pages ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-362) and index
Reading Lincoln's words -- "All the books he could lay his hands on," 1809-1825 -- Shakespeare, 1825-1834 -- Burns, Byron, and love letters, 1834-1837 -- "How miserably things seem to be arranged," 1837-1842 -- "Were I President," 1842-1849 -- "Honest seeking, " 1849-1854 -- "The current of events," 1855-1861 -- The master of language and the Presidency, 1861-1865
For Abraham Lincoln, whether he was composing love letters, speeches, or legal arguments, words mattered. In Lincoln, acclaimed biographer Fred Kaplan explores the life of America's sixteenth president through his use of language as a vehicle both to express complex ideas and feelings and as an instrument of persuasion and empowerment. Like the other great canonical writers of American literature - a status he is gradually attaining - Lincoln had a literary career that is inseparable from his life story. An admirer and avid reader of Burns, Byron, Shakespeare, and the Old Testament, Lincoln was the most literary of our presidents. His views on love, liberty, and human nature were shaped by his reading and knowledge of literature
9780060773366 0060773367
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Language
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Correspondence
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Oratory
Presidents--United States--Biography
Political oratory--History--United States--19th century
Speeches, addresses, etc., American--History and criticism
Biography.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Records and correspondence.
Correspondence
Biography
E457.2 / .K357 2010
Lincoln : the biography of a writer / Fred Kaplan - First Harper Perennial edition - viii, 406 pages ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-362) and index
Reading Lincoln's words -- "All the books he could lay his hands on," 1809-1825 -- Shakespeare, 1825-1834 -- Burns, Byron, and love letters, 1834-1837 -- "How miserably things seem to be arranged," 1837-1842 -- "Were I President," 1842-1849 -- "Honest seeking, " 1849-1854 -- "The current of events," 1855-1861 -- The master of language and the Presidency, 1861-1865
For Abraham Lincoln, whether he was composing love letters, speeches, or legal arguments, words mattered. In Lincoln, acclaimed biographer Fred Kaplan explores the life of America's sixteenth president through his use of language as a vehicle both to express complex ideas and feelings and as an instrument of persuasion and empowerment. Like the other great canonical writers of American literature - a status he is gradually attaining - Lincoln had a literary career that is inseparable from his life story. An admirer and avid reader of Burns, Byron, Shakespeare, and the Old Testament, Lincoln was the most literary of our presidents. His views on love, liberty, and human nature were shaped by his reading and knowledge of literature
9780060773366 0060773367
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Language
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Correspondence
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Oratory
Presidents--United States--Biography
Political oratory--History--United States--19th century
Speeches, addresses, etc., American--History and criticism
Biography.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Records and correspondence.
Correspondence
Biography
E457.2 / .K357 2010