1995, ISBN: 9780199726868

Selections from Writers During the Civil War, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), &quote;These thousands, and tens and twenties of thousands of American young men, badly wounded, all sorts … Mehr…

Selections from Writers During the Civil War, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), &quote;These thousands, and tens and twenties of thousands of American young men, badly wounded, all sorts of wounds, operated on, pallid with diarrhea, languishing, dying with fever, pneumonia, &amp;c. open a new world somehow to me, giving closer insights, new things, exploring deeper mines than any yet, showing our humanity, (I sometimes put myself in fancy in the cot, with typhoid, or under the knife,) tried by terrible, fearfulest tests, probed deepest, the living soul's, the body's tragedies, bursting the petty bounds of art.&quote; So wrote Walt Whitman in March of 1863, in a letter telling friends in New York what he had witnessed in Washington's war hospitals. In this, we see both a description of war's ravages and a major artist's imaginative response to the horrors of war as it &quote;bursts the petty bounds of art.&quote;In &quote;...the real war will never get in the books&quote;, Louis Masur has brought together fourteen of the most eloquent and articulate writers of the Civil War period, including such major literary figures as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Frederick Douglass, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Henry Adams, and Louisa May Alcott. Drawing on a wide range of material, including diaries, letters, and essays, Masur captures the reactions of these writers as the war was waged, providing a broad spectrum of views. Emerson, for instance, sees the war &quote;come as a frosty October, which shall restore intellectual &amp; moral power to these languid &amp; dissipated populations.&quote; African-American writer Charlotte Forten writes sadly of the slaughter at Fort Wagner: &quote;It seems very, very hard that the best and noblest must be the earliest called away. Especially has it been so throughout this dreadful war.&quote; There are writings by soldiers in combat. John Esten Cooke, a writer of popular pre-Revolutionary romances serving as a Confederate soldier under J.E.B. Stuart, describes Stonewall Jackson's uniform: &quote;It was positively scorched by sun--had that dingy hue, the product of sun and rain, and contact with the ground...but the men of the old Stonewall Brigade loved that coat.&quote; And John De Forest, a Union officer, describes facing a Confederate volley: &quote;It was a long rattle like that which a boy makes in running with a stick along a picket-fence, only vastly louder; and at the same time the sharp, quiet whit-whit of bullets chippered close to our ears.&quote; And along the way, we sample many vivid portraits of the era, perhaps the most surprising of which is Louisa May Alcott's explanation of why she preferred her noon-to-midnight schedule in a Washington hospital: &quote;I like it as it leaves me time for a morning run which is what I need to keep well....I trot up &amp; down the streets in all directions, some times to the Heights, then half way to Washington, again to the hill over which the long trains of army wagons are constantly vanishing &amp; ambulances appearing. That way the fighting lies, &amp; I long to follow.&quote;With unmatched intimacy and immediacy, &quote;...the real war will never get in the books&quote; illuminates the often painful intellectual and emotional efforts of fourteen accomplished writers as they come to grips with &quote;The American Apocalypse.&quote; [PU: Oxford University Press], Seiten: 320, Oxford University Press, 1995<

ISBN: 9780199726868

"These thousands, and tens and twenties of thousands of American young men, badly wounded, all sorts of wounds, operated on, pallid with diarrhea, languishing, dying with fever, pneumonia… Mehr…

"These thousands, and tens and twenties of thousands of American young men, badly wounded, all sorts of wounds, operated on, pallid with diarrhea, languishing, dying with fever, pneumonia, &c. open a new world somehow to me, giving closer insights, new things, exploring deeper mines than any yet, showing our humanity, (I sometimes put myself in fancy in the cot, with typhoid, or under the knife,) tried by terrible, fearfulest tests, probed deepest, the living soul's, the body's tragedies, bursting the petty bounds of art." So wrote Walt Whitman in March of 1863, in a letter telling friends in New York what he had witnessed in Washington's war hospitals. In this, we see both a description of war's ravages and a major artist's imaginative response to the horrors of war as it "bursts the petty bounds of art."In "...the real war will never get in the books", Louis Masur has brought together fourteen of the most eloquent and articulate writers of the Civil War period, including such major literary figures as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Frederick Douglass, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Henry Adams, and Louisa May Alcott. Drawing on a wide range of material, including diaries, letters, and essays, Masur captures the reactions of these writers as the war was waged, providing a broad spectrum of views. Emerson, for instance, sees the war "come as a frosty October, which shall restore intellectual & moral power to these languid & dissipated populations." African-American writer Charlotte Forten writes sadly of the slaughter at Fort Wagner: "It seems very, very hard that the best and noblest must be the earliest called away. Especially has it been so throughout this dreadful war." There are writings by soldiers in combat. John Esten Cooke, a writer of popular pre-Revolutionary romances serving as a Confederate soldier under J.E.B. Stuart, describes Stonewall Jackson's uniform: "It was positively scorched by sun--had that dingy hue, the product of sun and rain, and contact with the ground...but the men of the old Stonewall Brigade loved that coat." And John De Forest, a Union officer, describes facing a Confederate volley: "It was a long rattle like that which a boy makes in running with a stick along a picket-fence, only vastly louder; and at the same time the sharp, quiet whit-whit of bullets chippered close to our ears." And along the way, we sample many vivid portraits of the era, perhaps the most surprising of which is Louisa May Alcott's explanation of why she preferred her noon-to-midnight schedule in a Washington hospital: "I like it as it leaves me time for a morning run which is what I need to keep well....I trot up & down the streets in all directions, some times to the Heights, then half way to Washington, again to the hill over which the long trains of army wagons are constantly vanishing & ambulances appearing. That way the fighting lies, & I long to follow."With unmatched intimacy and immediacy, "...the real war will never get in the books" illuminates the often painful intellectual and emotional efforts of fourteen accomplished writers as they come to grips with "The American Apocalypse."; PDF; History & Transport > Humanities > Regional & national history > History of the Americas, Oxford University Press<

ISBN: 9780199726868

These thousands, and tens and twenties of thousands of American young men, badly wounded, all sorts of wounds, operated on, pallid with diarrhea, languishing, dying with fever, pneumonia,… Mehr…

These thousands, and tens and twenties of thousands of American young men, badly wounded, all sorts of wounds, operated on, pallid with diarrhea, languishing, dying with fever, pneumonia, &c. open a new world somehow to me, giving closer insights, new things, exploring deeper mines than any yet, showing our humanity, (I sometimes put myself in fancy in the cot, with typhoid, or under the knife,) tried by terrible, fearfulest tests, probed deepest, the living soul's, the body's tragedies, bursting the petty bounds of art. So wrote Walt Whitman in March of 1863, in a letter telling friends in New York what he had witnessed in Washington's war hospitals. In this, we see both a description of war's ravages and a major artist's imaginative response to the horrors of war as it bursts the petty bounds of art. In ...the real war will never get in the books, Louis Masur has brought together fourteen of the most eloquent and articulate writers of the Civil War period, including such major literary figures as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Frederick Douglass, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Henry Adams, and Louisa May Alcott. Drawing on a wide range of material, including diaries, letters, and essays, Masur captures the reactions of these writers as the war was waged, providing a broad spectrum of views. Emerson, for instance, sees the war come as a frosty October, which shall restore intellectual & moral power to these languid & dissipated populations. African-American writer Charlotte Forten writes sadly of the slaughter at Fort Wagner: It seems very, very hard that the best and noblest must be the earliest called away. Especially has it been so throughout this dreadful war. There are writings by soldiers in combat. John Esten Cooke, a writer of popular pre-Revolutionary romances serving as a Confederate soldier under J.E.B. Stuart, describes Stonewall Jackson's uniform: It was positively scorched by sun--had that dingy hue, the product of sun and rain, and contact with the ground...but the men of the old Stonewall Brigade loved that coat. And John De Forest, a Union officer, describes facing a Confederate volley: It was a long rattle like that which a boy makes in running with a stick along a picket-fence, only vastly louder; and at the same time the sharp, quiet whit-whit of bullets chippered close to our ears. And along the way, we sample many vivid portraits of the era, perhaps the most surprising of which is Louisa May Alcott's explanation of why she preferred her noon-to-midnight schedule in a Washington hospital: I like it as it leaves me time for a morning run which is what I need to keep well....I trot up & down the streets in all directions, some times to the Heights, then half way to Washington, again to the hill over which the long trains of army wagons are constantly vanishing & ambulances appearing. That way the fighting lies, & I long to follow. With unmatched intimacy and immediacy, ...the real war will never get in the books illuminates the often painful intellectual and emotional efforts of fourteen accomplished writers as they come to grips with The American Apocalypse. Digital Content>E-books>U.S. History>U.S. History>U.S. History, Oxford University Press Digital >16<

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In "I...the real war will never get in the books", Louis P.Masur brings together the personal letters, diary entries, and journal articles of some of the most distinguished writers of the… Mehr…

In "I...the real war will never get in the books", Louis P.Masur brings together the personal letters, diary entries, and journal articles of some of the most distinguished writers of the time to constitute a striking literary landscape. These wartime writings illuminate the lines of connection between the personal, political, and creative, as well as offer an intimate look at the writers who labored to find the words with which they hoped to influence the war.This collection includes works by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Frederick Douglass, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Henry Adams, Louisa May Alcott, and John Esten Cooke, as well as the less well-known Lydia Maria Child, William Gilmore Simms, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, John De Forest (all best-selling authors in their time), and diarist Charlotte Forten. With a Foreword by James McPherson, "the real war will neber get in the books" provides a new and intimate look at the Civil War.; PDF; History & Transport > Humamities > Military history > American Civil War, Oxford University Press<

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...the real war will never get in the books - Selections from Writers During the Civil War: ab 20.49 € eBooks > Belletristik > Erzählungen Oxford University Press eBook als pdf, Oxford Un… Mehr…

...the real war will never get in the books - Selections from Writers During the Civil War: ab 20.49 € eBooks > Belletristik > Erzählungen Oxford University Press eBook als pdf, Oxford University Press<