Lincoln at Gettysburg
 Cover of Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America; featured is Abraham Lincoln | |
| Author | Garry Wills |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Subject |
Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg Address |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | 1992 |
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America written by Garry Wills and published by Simon & Schuster in 1992, won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction[1] and the 1992 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism.[2]
The book uses Lincoln's notably short speech at Gettysburg to examine his rhetoric overall. In particular, Wills compares Lincoln's speech to Edward Everett's delivered on the same day, focusing on the influences of the Greek revival in the United States and 19th century transcendentalist thought. Wills also argues that Lincoln's speech draws from his interpretation of the U.S. Constitution; Lincoln considered the Declaration of Independence the first founding document, and therefore looked to its emphasis on equality (changing Locke's phrase "Life, Liberty, and Property" to "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness") in issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.
References
- ↑ "Pulitzer Prize Winners: General Non-Fiction" (web). pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
- ↑ "All Past National Book Critics Circle Award Winners and Finalists". 1992 Awards. The National Book Critics Circle. Archived from the original (web) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
External links
- Lincoln at Gettysburg on Open Library at the Internet Archive
- New York Times Review
- "Gettysburg Address". C-SPAN. 12 December 1994. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
Mr. Wills, author of Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America, talked about the Gettysburg address, which President Lincoln delivered on November 19, 1863... ...The Library of Congress displayed one of its two original manuscripts for the first time in 23 years. Only five versions are known to exist.