Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ377362
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1987
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The Return of the Beloved: The Chiasmus and the Messianic Secret of Abraham Lincoln.
Gardner, A. Edward
Central States Speech Journal, v38 n3-4 p133-51 Fall-Win 1987
Argues that Lincoln modeled certain major speeches on a chiasmus, and that this stylistic device governs the integration of form and function in Lincoln's presidential rhetoric. Argues that the chiasmus reveals that Lincoln saw himself as called by God to fulfill a special messianic mission. (MS)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Language Styles, Public Speaking, Rhetorical Criticism, Speeches
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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