From battlefields rising: how the Civil War transformed American literature

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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

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