The American Civil War: An Anthology of Essential WritingsTaylor & Francis, 2006 - 629 pages This anthology brings together a wide variety of both well-known and more obscure writing from and about the Civil War, along with supplementary appendices to facilitate its use in courses. The selections include short fiction, poetry, public addresses, diary entries, song lyrics, and essays from such figures as Walt Whitman, Ambrose Bierce, Stephen Crane, and Louisa May Alcott, as well as Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Jefferson Davis, and Ulysses S. Grant. The writing not only includes those directly involved in the war, but also those writing about the war afterward, to include the perspective of historical memory. This collection makes a perfect addition to any course on Civil War history or literature as well as courses on popular memory. |
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... Stephen Crane from The Little Regiment , and Other Episodes of the American Civil War ( 1896 ) A Gray Sleeve An Episode of War A Mystery of Heroism 140 150 153 Ulysses S. Grant from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant ( 1885-86 ) Chapter 67 ...
... Stephen Crane from The Little Regiment , and Other Episodes of the American Civil War ( 1896 ) The Veteran from War Is Kind ( 1896 ) War is Kind ( 1896 ) The Battle Hymn ( n.d. ) 556 570 579 582 586 587 Emily Dickinson " My Triumph ...
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Contents
1 ORIGINS | 17 |
2 BATTLEFIELDS | 61 |
3 AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | 187 |
4 THE CIVIL WAR IN SONG | 329 |
5 THE HOME FRONT | 377 |
6 REMEMBRANCE AND FORGETTING | 481 |
GLOSSARY | 593 |
THE WRITERS | 611 |
PERMISSIONS | 623 |
625 | |
Back cover | 631 |
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The American Civil War: An Anthology of Essential Writings Ian Frederick Finseth No preview available - 2006 |