Abraham Lincoln and Robert Burns : connected lives and legends /

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Today the images of Robert Burns and Abraham Lincoln are recognized worldwide, yet few are aware of the connection between the two. In Abraham Lincoln and Robert Burns: Connected Lives and Legends, author Ferenc Morton Szasz reveals how famed Scots poet Robert Burns-and Scotland in general-influence...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Szasz, Ferenc Morton, 1940-2010
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Ethics.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Political and social views.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Influence.
Burns, Robert, > 1759-1796 > Ethics.
Burns, Robert, > 1759-1796 > Political and social views.
Burns, Robert, > 1759-1796 > Influence.
Burns, Robert, > 1759-1796
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865
1700-1865
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Poets, Scottish > 18th century > Biography.
Poètes écossais > 18e siècle > Biographies.
HISTORY.
Ethics
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Intellectual life
Poets, Scottish
Political and social views
Presidents
United States > Intellectual life > 1783-1865.
Scotland > Intellectual life > 18th century.
États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle > 1783-1865.
Écosse > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
Scotland
United States
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Robert Burns : a brief biography
  • Burns' poetry comes to America
  • The Lincoln-Burns connection
  • Scottish émigrés and Scottish ideas in Lincoln's world
  • Burns and Lincoln in historical memory
  • Epilogue : the dilemmas of democratic fame
  • Appendix A : selected Burns verses
  • Appendix B : selected Lincoln documents.

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