American Civil War

Description:

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 use in courses. The writing includes 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 the perfect addition to any course on the Civil War or history and popular memory.

subjects: History,  Nonfiction,  American literature, history and criticism,  United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, literature and the war,  American literature,  History and criticism,  Literature and the war,  War and literature,  War in literature,  United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865,  Social aspects,  Littérature américaine,  Histoire et critique,  Histoire,  Aspect social,  Civil War Period (1850-1877),  LITERARY COLLECTIONS,  American,  General,  American literature--history and criticism,  American literature--19th century--history and criticism,  War and literature--history,  War and literature--united states--history--19th century,  History--literature and the war,  Ps217.c58 a43 2006,  810.9/358