Many leaders of the nineteenth century, reflected Romantic ideas by their actions. Among the most notable was Abraham Lincoln, US president from 1861 to 1865. Here our podcast looks at the ways in which Lincoln reflected the values of Romanticism in his person, actions and ideas, and how he would never have been heard from had there not been a Romantic movement.


















Photograph of Abraham Lincoln, taken March, 1865. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)