Lincoln at Gettysburg : the words that remade America / Garry Wills.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, �1992.Description: 317 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0671769561
  • 9780671769567
  • 0671867423 (pbk.)
  • 9780671867423 (pbk.)
  • 9780743299633
  • 0743299639
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Lincoln at Gettysburg.; Online version:: Lincoln at Gettysburg.LOC classification:
  • E 475.55 .W54 1992
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Oratory of the Greek revival -- 2. Gettysburg and the culture of death -- 3. The transcendental declaration -- 4. Revolution in thought -- 5. Revolution in style -- App. I. What Lincoln said: the text -- App. II. Where he said it: the site -- App. III. Four funeral orations. A. By Everett. B. By Pericles. C. By Gorgias. D. The Gettysburg address. 1. Spoken text . 2. Final text.
Awards:
  • Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 1993.
Summary: Examination of the Gettysburg Address and Lincoln in their historical moment and cultural frame breathing new life into the words and revealing much about the President.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection E 475.55 .W54 1992 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98648631

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-304)-and indexes.

Examination of the Gettysburg Address and Lincoln in their historical moment and cultural frame breathing new life into the words and revealing much about the President.

1. Oratory of the Greek revival -- 2. Gettysburg and the culture of death -- 3. The transcendental declaration -- 4. Revolution in thought -- 5. Revolution in style -- App. I. What Lincoln said: the text -- App. II. Where he said it: the site -- App. III. Four funeral orations. A. By Everett. B. By Pericles. C. By Gorgias. D. The Gettysburg address. 1. Spoken text . 2. Final text.

Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 1993.

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