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Memories of Lincoln and the Splintering of American Political Thought (Rhetoric and Democratic Deliberation)
Shawn J. Parry-Giles
Hardcover. Penn State University Press 2017-05-15.
ISBN 9780271078380
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In the aftermath of the Civil War, Republicans and Democrats advocating for conflicting visions of American citizenship could agree on one thing: the rhetorical power of Abraham Lincoln's life. This volume examines the debates over his legacy and their impact on America's future.
In the thirty-five years following Lincoln's assassination, acquaintances of Lincoln published their memories of him in newspapers, biographies, and edited collections in order to gain fame, promote partisan aims, champion his hardscrabble past and exalted rise, and define his legacy. Shawn Parry-Giles and David Kaufer explore how style, class, and character affected these reminiscences They also analyze the ways people used these writings to reinforce their beliefs about citizenship and presidential leadership in the United States, with specific attention to the republican-democracy fissure of the era that still lingers today. Their study employs rhetorical and corpus research methods to assess more than five hundred reminiscences.
A novel look at how memories of Lincoln became an important form of political rhetoric, this book sheds light on how divergent schools of U.S. political thought came to recruit Lincoln as their standard bearer
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