The Complete Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858

by Abraham Lincoln

2020-12-31 05:58:46

The Lincoln-Douglas debates remain our culture''s model of what public political debate ought to be. This new edition of the complete transcripts of the debates and eyewitness interpretations of them (previously published under the title Created Equa... Read more
The Lincoln-Douglas debates remain our culture''s model of what public political debate ought to be. This new edition of the complete transcripts of the debates and eyewitness interpretations of them (previously published under the title Created Equal?) includes a new Foreword by David Zarefsky.

Zarefsky analyzes the rhetoric of the speeches, showing how Lincoln and Douglas chose their arguments and initiated a debate that shook the nation. Their eloquent, statesmanlike discussion of the morality of slavery illustrates the masterful use of rhetorical strategies and tactics in the public forum: a form of discourse that has nearly disappeared from the political scene today.
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Book Details

File size9 X 6 X 1.3 in
Print pages470
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
Publication date May 28, 1991
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780226020846
Born in Hardin County, Kentucky, The United States February 12, 1809 Died: April 15, 1865 GenreMemoir, Politics Influences: Robert Burns Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the United...

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