The inner world of Abraham Lincoln /
Abraham Lincoln's excruciating, yet highly productive, midlife crisis; his woeful marriage to a dishonest woman who often embarrassed and sometimes physically abused him; his intense estrangement from a shiftless father; his streak of cruelty; his explosive temper; and his aversion to women are...
| Основен автор: | Burlingame, Michael, 1941- |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
c1994.
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| Резюме: |
Abraham Lincoln's excruciating, yet highly productive, midlife crisis; his woeful marriage to a dishonest woman who often embarrassed and sometimes physically abused him; his intense estrangement from a shiftless father; his streak of cruelty; his explosive temper; and his aversion to women are among the topics covered by Michael Burlingame in The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln. Based primarily on long-neglected manuscript and newspaper sources - especially on reminiscences of people who knew Lincoln - this psychobiography casts new light on the emotional origins of Lincoln's deep hatred of slavery, on his transformation from a party hack to a statesman, on his relations with his family, on the causes of his depressions, and on the roots of his ambition. Burlingame uses a blend of Freudian and Jungian theory to interpret the psyche of the sixteenth president. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
xxviii, 380 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
0252020863 (acid-free paper) 9780252020865 (acid-free paper) |