Abraham Lincoln the Orator

LOIS J. EINHORN is Associate Professor of Rhetoric at the State University of New York at Binghamton. She has written at length on public address and rhetorical theory and criticism. She is also a co-author of Effective Employment Interviewing: Unlocking Human Potential (1982).

Illustrations Series Foreword Halford Ryan, Foreword A Rhetorical Analysis of Abraham Lincoln's Speaking Introduction Lincoln Speaks about Speaking Did Lincoln Practice What He Preached? Characteristics and Development of Lincoln's Speaking No Laughing Matter: Lincoln's Use of Humor as a Rhetorical Device Lincoln's First Inaugural: Peace and Sword Evolving Rhetorical Stances on Emancipation Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: Immediate Failure and Lasting Success Conclusion: The Making of a Legend Lincoln Speaks Out: Texts of Selected Speeches "Lyceum Address" "Temperance Address" "House Divided Speech" "Second Lecture on Discoveries and Inventions" "Cooper Union Address" "Farewell to Springfield" "First Inaugural Address" "Gettysburg Address" "Second Inaugural Address" Notes Chronology of Major Speeches History in Motion: Selected Bibliography on Lincoln Index