Item details: War no more : the antiwar impulse in American literature, 1861-1914 - 46103555

War no more : the antiwar impulse in American literature, 1861-1914

text War no more : the antiwar impulse in American literature, 1861-1914

Wachtell, Cynthia

Summary: Until now, scholars have portrayed America's antiwar literature as an outgrowth of World War I, manifested in the works of writers such as Ernest Hemingway and John Dos Passos. But in War No More, Cynthia Wachtell corrects the record by tracing th... Read more

Contents: Part 1. Writing the Civil War. Writing a battle: three versions of Chickamauga -- The Civil War in popular poetry: "God and right" -- Sir Walter Scott's legacy and the romance of the Civil War -- Herman Melville: "Battle no more shall be" -- John ... Read more

Format: text

Description: xi, 233 p. ; 23 cm.

Publisher: Louisiana State University Press 2010

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War in literature American literature History and criticism American literature 19th century History and criticism American literature 20th century History and criticism War and literature United States History United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Literature and the war

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