A compelling literary history, From Battlefields Rising details the major ways the Civil War affected the country's novelist's and poets.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Randall Fuller is the Chapman Professor of English at the University of Tulsa.
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* Introduction: Emerson's Dream * Chapter 1. Beat! Beat! Drums * Chapter 2. Concord * Chapter 3. Shiloh * Chapter 4. Telling it Slant * Chapter 5. Port Royal * Chapter 6. Fathers and Sons * Chapter 7. Phantom Limbs * Chapter 8. The Man without a Country * Chapter 9. In a Gloomy Wood * Epilogue. Heaven * End Notes * "When the volcano of Civil War erupted in 1861, American literature had already achieved maturity in the writings of Emerson, Melville, Whitman, Hawthorne, and others. All of them, plus new voices like Emily Dickinson, tried to understand and express the profound meaning of the war in their writings, which Randll Fuller skillfully dissects in this original and incisive volume."--James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom * "This is a beautiful, powerful book, uniting the pivotal event of American history with the defining literature of the nation. Fuller's account is filled with humanity, eloquence, and surprise. Anyone who reads this book will see both the Civil War and America's iconic authors with new eyes."--Edward Ayers, author of In The Presence of Mine Enemies
* Introduction: Emerson's Dream * Chapter 1. Beat! Beat! Drums * Chapter 2. Concord * Chapter 3. Shiloh * Chapter 4. Telling it Slant * Chapter 5. Port Royal * Chapter 6. Fathers and Sons * Chapter 7. Phantom Limbs * Chapter 8. The Man without a Country * Chapter 9. In a Gloomy Wood * Epilogue. Heaven * End Notes * "When the volcano of Civil War erupted in 1861, American literature had already achieved maturity in the writings of Emerson, Melville, Whitman, Hawthorne, and others. All of them, plus new voices like Emily Dickinson, tried to understand and express the profound meaning of the war in their writings, which Randll Fuller skillfully dissects in this original and incisive volume."--James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom * "This is a beautiful, powerful book, uniting the pivotal event of American history with the defining literature of the nation. Fuller's account is filled with humanity, eloquence, and surprise. Anyone who reads this book will see both the Civil War and America's iconic authors with new eyes."--Edward Ayers, author of In The Presence of Mine Enemies
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