Abraham Lincoln and the American Romantic Writers: Embodiment and Perpetuation of an Ideal
Description:
The American Romantic writers laid a broad foundation for the historic and heroic Abraham Lincoln who has evolved as our national myth. The writers were attracted to Lincoln by his eloquent expression of the body of ideals and beliefs they shared with him, especially the ideal of individual liberty and the belief that achievement of the ideal would bring about an amelioration of the human condition. The time, place and conditions in which they lived enhanced the attraction, and Lincoln's able l…
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Date:
December 1992
Creator:
Hicks, Mary G. (Mary Geraldine)