Government of the People: a Conundrum in a Chef d’oeuvre

Recieved: 08/10/2021

Accepted: 09/27/2021

Published: 03/31/2022

Keywords: literature; ambiguity; interpretation

To cite this article

Ilson R. Government of the People: a Conundrum in a Chef d’oeuvre. // Moscow University Bulletin. Series 19. Linguistics and Intercultural Communication 2022. Issue 1. 35-36

Ilson R. (University College London)

Abstract

In this article I attempt to shed new light on one of the most famous passages in American literature: Abraham Lincoln’s “government of the people, by the people, for the people”.