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- Title
THE HOUSE THAT ABE BUILT: THE "HOUSE DIVIDED" SPEECH AND REPUBLICAN PARTY POLITICS.
- Authors
Pfau, Michael William
- Abstract
The article focuses on two major rhetorical analyses that have shaped modern understanding of the uniquely rhetorical House Divided speech given by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln at the Illinois Republican state convention on June 16, 1858. The author compares the analyses of two major authorities on the speech. It claims that professor Don Fehrehbacher understands the speech as a response to an immediate need to address the public, but lacked the sensitivity to explain the content of the speech as a response to the occasion. It is stated that Michael Leff, in his article "Rhetorical Timing in Lincoln's 'House Divided' Speech," provides a closer rhetorical understanding of the intricacies within the text.
- Subjects
ILLINOIS; PRESIDENTIAL messages; LINCOLN, Abraham, 1809-1865; FEHRENBACHER, Don Edward, 1920-; LEFF, Michael; RHETORICAL analysis
- Publication
Rhetoric & Public Affairs, 1999, Vol 2, Issue 4, p625
- ISSN
1094-8392
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/rap.2010.0095