Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America
Product Details
Customer Reviews for

Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America

Be the first to write a review
( 0 )
Rating Distribution

5 Star

(0)

4 Star

(0)

3 Star

(0)

2 Star

(0)

1 Star

(0)

Your Rating:

Review Guidelines
Add Recommendations
Your Name: Create a Pen Name or

Barnes & Noble.com Review Rules

Our reader reviews allow you to share your comments on titles you liked, or didn't, with others. By submitting an online review, you are representing to Barnes & Noble.com that all information contained in your review is original and accurate in all respects, and that the submission of such content by you and the posting of such content by Barnes & Noble.com does not and will not violate the rights of any third party. Please follow the rules below to help ensure that your review can be posted.

Reviews by Our Customers Under the Age of 13

We highly value and respect everyone's opinion concerning the titles we offer. However, we cannot allow persons under the age of 13 to have accounts at BN.com or to post customer reviews. Please see our Terms of Use for more details.

What to exclude from your review:

Please do not write about reviews, commentary, or information posted on the product page. If you see any errors in the information on the product page, please send us an email.

Reviews should not contain any of the following:

  • - HTML tags, profanity, obscenities, vulgarities, or comments that defame anyone
  • - Time-sensitive information such as tour dates, signings, lectures, etc.
  • - Single-word reviews. Other people will read your review to discover why you liked or didn't like the title. Be descriptive.
  • - Comments focusing on the author or that may ruin the ending for others
  • - Phone numbers, addresses, URLs
  • - Pricing and availability information or alternative ordering information
  • - Advertisements or commercial solicitation

Reminder:

  • - By submitting a review, you grant to Barnes & Noble.com and its sublicensees the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right and license to use the review in accordance with the Barnes & Noble.com Terms of Use.
  • - Barnes & Noble.com reserves the right not to post any review -- particularly those that do not follow the terms and conditions of these Rules. Barnes & Noble.com also reserves the right to remove any review at any time without notice.
  • - See Terms of Use for other conditions and disclaimers.
Search for Products You'd Like to Recommend

Recommend other products that relate to your review. Just search for them below and share!

Create a Pen Name

Your Pen Name is your unique identity on BN.com. It will appear on the reviews you write and other website activities. Your Pen Name cannot be edited, changed or deleted once submitted.

 
Your Pen Name can be any combination of alphanumeric characters (plus - and _), and must be at least two characters long.

Continue Anonymously
Sort by: Showing all of 4 Customer Reviews
Page 1 of 1

  • Posted May 22, 2009

    Rhetorical History for General Readers and Scholars

    Wills places the Gettysburg Address in social context and makes its importance for how Americans understand the meaning of the Civil War clear. His insightful analysis of the speech helps explain what the speech did, and how the speech came to stand for the meaning of the Civil War and American national identity. Wills describes the classical origins of eulogies, and compares Lincoln's speech to Pericles' funeral oration, and explains the neo-Classical movement in the nineteenth century and its importance to the cemetary and the speech. The book includes reproductions of all of the known drafts of the speech, and Wills examines the importance of the changes made by Lincoln and others. He also includes contemporary responses to the speech as well as its use and re-evaluation by critics and historians. The book compares favorably to longer works, such as David Blight's Race & Reunion or Drew Gilpin Faust's This Republic of Suffering.

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Posted March 8, 2009

    more from this reviewer

    Lincoln at Gettysburg... More Like Lincoln at Boringsville

    Quite a boring read. I'm not into history or linguistics, so I did not enjoy this at all, but I guess if you're into that kind of stuff, you might find it enjoyable. But nevertheless, I found it to be a very dull read and I had trouble getting through it.

    0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Anonymous

    Posted May 30, 2004

    Yes , but

    I learned a lot more about the Gettysburg Address from reading this book than I had learned from studying it in various stages of my schooling, including graduate school in American Studies. Yet the book did not really solve for me the mystery of Lincoln's and this speech's greatness. Perhaps I am completely wrong but my feeling is this book did not capture the cadence of Lincoln, and the Biblical undertone of his incantation.

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Anonymous

    Posted January 22, 2009

    No text was provided for this review.

Sort by: Showing all of 4 Customer Reviews
Page 1 of 1