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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wills, Garry, 1934-

Contributor:

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Oratory.

Lincoln, Abraham.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Oratory.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Gettysburg address.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

317 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon & Schuster, ©1992.

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.

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.

Notes:

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

Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 1993.

National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism, 1992

Other Format:

Online version: Wills, Garry, 1934- Lincoln at Gettysburg.

ISBN:

0671769561

9780671769567

0671867423

9780671867423

9780743299633

0743299639

OCLC:

25281810