Abraham Lincoln and His Era – History 75200
This course explores the historical contexts of Abraham Lincoln, who is widely recognized as America’s greatest president and its central historical figure. Lincoln provides a unique inroad into understanding the United States, since he led the nation at the time of its greatest crisis and he absorbed social and cultural phenomena that had defined the nation from its inception. In Ralph Waldo Emerson’s words, “He is the true history of the American people in his time…, the true representative of this continent…, [with] the pulse of twenty millions throbbing in his heart, the thought of their minds articulated by his tongue.” The course considers Lincoln as politician, commander in chief, orator, and popular icon. We read a broad array of his writings—speeches, debates, poems, letters—as well as contemporary observations of him by a variety of figures. We delve into the controversy over slavery waged by abolitionists, proslavery southerners, ethnographic scientists, and politicians and clergymen on both sides. Examining Lincoln and his contexts is an instructive exercise in cultural history, since he responded to a range of cultural currents and inspired revelatory commentary by an array of authors, including Walt Whitman, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Karl Marx, and Victor Hugo. The course also considers the perspectives of recent commentators on the Civil War era.
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David S. Reynolds uploaded Syllabus – End of Term to Abraham Lincoln and His Era – History 75200 5 years, 10 months ago
Hi – Our reading list for May 9 and May 16. -DR
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Yu-Yun Hsieh uploaded Book Review of Robert Coover's new collection to Abraham Lincoln and His Era – History 75200 5 years, 10 months ago
Hi everyone,
Thank you for tolerating this 20th-century swerve in a Lincoln seminar. Hope you have a wonderful weekend.…[Read more] -
Jaja Tantirungkij uploaded Book Review (Greenberg + May) [Tantirungkij] to Abraham Lincoln and His Era – History 75200 5 years, 11 months ago
Greenberg, Amy S. A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 US Invasion of Mexico. New York: Vintage Books, 2013.
May, Robert E. Slavery, Race and Conquest in the Tropics Lincoln, Douglas, and the Future of Latin America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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Sheldon Teicher uploaded Book Reviews of Burin & Power-Greene to Abraham Lincoln and His Era – History 75200 5 years, 11 months ago
This is my review of these books regarding the American Colonization Movement. Please be gentle with my clumsy efforts attempting to write something coherent.
See you in class.Sheldon
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Evan Turiano started the topic Review Essay for 4/18 in the forum Abraham Lincoln and His Era – History 75200 5 years, 11 months ago
Hi all,
Attached is my book review, my apologies on not getting it in until now. Looking forward to your comments.
Evan
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Andrew J. Lang started the topic Book Review Essay for 3/28 in the forum Abraham Lincoln and His Era – History 75200 6 years ago
Hi folks,
Attached is my book review of for this week’s class. Apologies for it being lengthy.
I hope you enjoy it and I’m looking forward to discussing it with you all!
See you tomorrow,
-Andrew
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David S. Reynolds uploaded The Civil War, Disability, and Whitman to Abraham Lincoln and His Era – History 75200 6 years ago
Clean copy of my latest review-essay,in the current “New York Review of Books.” Please read it for Wed. March 14.
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David S. Reynolds deleted New York Review of Book piece – Disability, the Civil War, and Whitman from Abraham Lincoln and His Era – History 75200 6 years ago
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David S. Reynolds uploaded Hinton Rowan Helper, excerpts from The Impending Crisis of the South to Abraham Lincoln and His Era – History 75200 6 years, 1 month ago
Helper was a North Carolinian whose 1857 book “The Impending Crisis” argued that slavery was inhibiting the economic growth of the South. The book infuriated Southerners and was used as abolitionist propaganda in the North.
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David S. Reynolds uploaded my notes toward McPherson review for NYR to Abraham Lincoln and His Era – History 75200 6 years, 1 month ago
The way I took notes toward the McPherson piece.
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David S. Reynolds uploaded Reynolds source citations to Abraham Lincoln and His Era – History 75200 6 years, 1 month ago
How I abbreviate sources in my own notes.
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David S. Reynolds uploaded More sample notes toward book review -DSR to Abraham Lincoln and His Era – History 75200 6 years, 1 month ago
These are notes I took on two Whitman books prior to writing my review for a forthcoming issue of the NY Review of Books.
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David S. Reynolds uploaded sample notes taken by DSR for book review to Abraham Lincoln and His Era – History 75200 6 years, 1 month ago
These are notes I took on Blumenthal’s Lincoln biog prior to writing my review.
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David S. Reynolds uploaded screenplay of Young Mr. Lincoln to Abraham Lincoln and His Era – History 75200 6 years, 1 month ago
The screenplay of John Ford’s 1939 film “Young Mr. Lincoln.”
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Evan Turiano joined the group Abraham Lincoln and His Era – History 75200 6 years, 1 month ago
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David S. Reynolds uploaded The Confederate Experience Reader to Abraham Lincoln and His Era – History 75200 6 years, 1 month ago
Selections from Confederate writings.
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