The Inner World of Abraham LincolnUniversity of Illinois Press, 1997 - 416 pages Based primarily on long-neglected manuscript and newspaper sources--and especially on reminiscences of people who knew him--this psychobiography casts new light on Lincoln. Burlingame uses a blend of Freudian and Jungian theory to interpret the psyche of the 16th president. |
Contents
Lincolns Midlife Crisis From Party Hack to Statesman | 1 |
I Used to Be a Slave The Origins of Lincolns Hatred of Slavery | 20 |
Unrestrained by Parental Tyranny Lincoln and His Sons | 57 |
Surrogate Father Abraham | 73 |
Lincolns Depressions Melancholy Dript from Him as He Walked | 92 |
Lincolns Attitude toward Women The Most Striking Contradiction of a Complex Character | 123 |
Lincolns Anger and Cruelty | 147 |
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