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                  Abraham Lincoln: In His Own Words


       Course Number 877--24 lectures (30 minutes per lecture)

     Taught by: Professor David Zarefsky--Northwestern University

 "Lincoln is a much more complex figure--as a man, as a thinker, as a
politician--than Americans conventionally believe. . . we will explore
             some of the dimensions of that complexity."
                      --Professor David Zarefsky

The speeches of Abraham Lincoln are a precious inheritance for all
Americans, and indeed for all the world.

As he led our nation through the gravest crisis it has ever faced,
Lincoln emerged as our master of public eloquence without rival or
equal. The example he set of statesmanship, courage, prudence, and
magnanimity shines like a beacon down the years, to be looked to
wherever the American experiment in ordered liberty and
self-government is honored.

Now, with this course devoted to Abraham Lincoln: In His Own Words,
you can trace the sources and development of Lincoln's rhetorical
greatness with the help of one of America's leading teachers of speech
and public communication.

Professor David Zarefsky brings scholarly rigor and passion to bear in
a way that you'll find most rewarding. You'll witness American history
in the making as you follow Lincoln's career as an orator from the
Young Men's Lyceum Speech of 1838 to the majestic biblical cadences of
the Second Inaugural. You'll even learn about the last speech Lincoln
ever gave--a talk on his plans for Reconstruction, delivered at the
White House just three days before his death.

               
Part I 
Lecture 1: Lincoln and Rhetoric
Lecture 2: The Lyceum Speech, 1838
Lecture 3: The Temperance Speech, 1842
Lecture 4: Lincoln as a Young Whig
Lecture 5: Lincoln Returns to Politics
Lecture 6: The Peoria Speech, 1854
Lecture 7: Lincoln's Rhetoric and Politics, 1854-1857
Lecture 8: The Springfield Speech, 1857
Lecture 9: The "House Divided" Speech, 1858
Lecture 10: The Chicago Speech, July 1858
Lecture 11: The Springfield Speech, July 1858
Lecture 12: The Debate About the Debates

Part II
Lecture 13: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates I
Lecture 14: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates II
Lecture 15: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates III
Lecture 16: The Aftermath of the Debates
Lecture 17: Lincoln's 1859 Speeches
Lecture 18: The Cooper Union Speech, 1860
Lecture 19: The Campaign of 1860
Lecture 20: The First Inaugural Address
Lecture 21: Justifying the War
Lecture 22: Moving Toward Emancipation
Lecture 23: Lincoln at Gettysburg
Lecture 24: Lincoln's Last Speeches