Lincoln, religion, and romantic cultural politics / Stewart Winger
| Author(s): | Winger, Stewart Lance |
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| Subjects: | Political culture--United States--History--19th century Romanticism--Political aspects--United States--History--19th century Religion and politics--United States--History--19th century National characteristics, American United States--Politics and government--1861-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Views on religion Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Political and social views Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Oratory |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, c2003 |
| LC Classification: | E |
| Table of Contents: | Acknowledgments Introduction 3 Pt. 1. Lincoln and Young America 1. Debating the Meaning of America 15 2. Of Priests and Prophets 49 Pt. 2. The Romantic Whig Response 3. Romantic Protestantism and Whig Rhetoric 81 4. Law and Economics in a Romantic and Religious Age 105 5. The Tragedy of the Whig Response 134 Pt. 3. Lincoln's Personal Piety and Public Performance 6. From Predestinarian Baptist to Romantic Intellectual 159 7. Poetry and Religious Orthodoxy in the Second Inaugural 183 Notes 209 Bibliography 245 Index 259 |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2002022779 ISBN: 0875803008 (alk. paper) Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-257) and index |
| Physical Description: | viii, 271 p. ; 24 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 49249301 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0875803008 |